A study of ellipsis and elision in english

الملخص EN

Ellipsis & elision are widespread phenomenon in English.

Using ellipsis in spoken and written forms denotes mastery of the language whether in native or non-native language.

Elision, on the other hand, shows how some sounds in connected speech can be omitted.

This research presents a study of ellipsis and elision.

It introduces some definitions of ellipsis and elision and its value in English language besides other subjects that are related with the title of the research.

Section one is the introduction.

Section two deals with ellipsis and an exclusive attempt to deal with ellipsis in embedded structures, concepts of ellipsis according to traditional, structural and transformational view.

While section three deals with elision, its definition, historic elision in English and its types.

Section four is the conclusions followed by bibliography.