Discourse analysis

Pseudogapping occurs in a sentence when most but not all of a verb phrase is omitted.
Ashley is managing the club Thursday, and Sam is Friday.
This sentence has pseudogapping because "managing the club" is omitted from the verb phrase "is managing the club Friday" in the second half of the sentence.
Stripping occurs in a sentence when everything is omitted from one clause except a single element. It is often accompanied by a particle such as "too," "also," or "as well."
She told John to come outside, and Ben too.
This is an example of stripping because "she told...to come outside" is omitted from the clause in the sentence half of the sentence, leaving only the element "Ben." The addition of "too" helps clarify the meaning.
When an ellipsis occurs as part of an interrogative clause (one beginning with the word "who," "what," "where," etc.), it is an example of sluicing.
Someone called for you yesterday, but I don't know who.
In the second half of the sentence, the interrogative clause "who called for you yesterday" is shortened to "who."
A noun phrase ellipsis occurs in a sentence when part of a noun phrase (a word or group of words that function as a subject or object) is omitted.
John saw two hawks in the sky, and Bill saw three.
This is an example of a noun phrase ellipsis because "hawks" is omitted from the noun phrase "three hawks." Notice that when a noun phrase ellipsis is used, the word or words that are omitted from one clause appear in the other clause.

Home task: Find original example texts for ellipsis from newspapers or any other authentic book and explain the function of ellipsis in the text.

Lesson 14 Ellipses (2) Substitution.

(Adapted from Martin Parrot Grammar for English Teachers . Cambridge University Press. 2000)
Why learners should study ellipsis?
Complete the short text where you will persuade students to study ellipses.
Students need to learn ellipses ………………………………………….