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Stripping (= bare argument ellipsis) is an ellipsis mechanism that elides everything from a clause except one constituent.〔Hankamer and Sag (1976:409) may have introduced the term ''stripping''. They write that stripping is "a rule that deletes everything in a clause under identity with corresponding parts of a preceding clause, except for one constituent (and sometimes a clause-initial adverb or negative".〕 It occurs exclusively in the non-initial conjuncts of coordinate structures. One prominent analysis of stripping sees it as a particular manifestation of the gapping mechanism, the difference between stripping and gapping lies merely with the number of remnants left behind by ellipsis: gapping leaves two (and sometimes more) constituents behind, whereas stripping leaves just one.〔See Williams (1977:112 fn. 6) and Lobeck (1995:28) in this regard.〕 Stripping occurs in many languages and is a frequent occurrence in colloquial conversation. As with many other ellipsis mechanisms, stripping challenges theories of syntax in part because the elided material often fails to qualify as a constituent in a straightforward manner. ==Examples== The following examples illustrate standard cases of stripping. The elided material is indicated using smaller font size and subscripts. ::Susan works at night, and Bill works at night too. ::Why did Sam call, and why did Bill call too? ::Should I do it, or should you do it? ::Chris said yesterday that he knew it, and he said today that he knew it too. ::She asked the kids to stay, and she asked the adults to stay too. Note the appearance of the additive particle ''too'' in these examples. Stripping is often marked by ''also'', ''as well'', or ''too''. Notice also the appearance of the coordinator ''and'' or ''or''. The coordinator's appearance marks coordination. Each time, the elided material appears in the non-initial conjunct of the coordinate structure. A trait that stripping shares with gapping is illustrated with the following examples: ::Should you call me, or should me call you. - Object pronoun of gapping functioning as subject ::You are hungry, and me am hungry too. - Object pronoun of stripping functioning as subject ::She did it first, and him did it second. - Object pronoun of gapping functioning as subject ::She did it, and him did it too. - Object pronoun of stripping functioning as subject Like gapping, stripping allows the object form of the pronoun (= disjunctive pronoun) to function as the subject in the stripped clause.〔Concerning object pronouns functioning as subjects, see Hudson (1989:63), Zoerner and Agbayani (2000:550), and Osborne (2006:330f.).〕 A second trait that stripping shares with gapping is shown with the following examples: ::I was helpful this time, and you were helpful last time. - Elided finite verb of gapping does not match antecedent verb. ::I was helpful this time, and you were helpful this time too. - Elided finite verb of stripping does not match antecedent verb. ::He laughs too much, and you laugh too little. - Elided finite verb of gapping does not match antecedent verb. ::He laughs too much, and you laugh too much too. - Elided finite verb of stripping does not match antecedent verb. Like the gapped verbs, the stripped verbs in these examples do not match their antecedents in the area of verbal inflection.〔Concerning this mismatch in verbal inflection, see Hudson (1989:62), Zoerner and Agbayani (2000:551) and Osborne (2006:321ff.).〕 The fact that gapping and stripping are alike in these respects does indeed suggest that they are one and the same ellipsis mechanism. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stripping (linguistics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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