[Lingtyp] query: 1st syllable deletion

[Neil Myler]

Hi David,
Andrew Weir has a fair bit of work on this and related phenomena in
English.  See here under "Ellipsis" and "Reduced Written Register"
(especially the paper titles that mention "Left-Edge {Ellipsis/Deletion}:
https://awweir.com/research/
Best,
Neil

On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 5:00 AM Jocelyn Aznar <contact at jocelynaznar.eu>
wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> just some questions for clarifying the query, but do you think this is
> valid only when:
> - the 1st syllabe is a whole word?
> - when all the other information removed can be inferred from the
> situation?
>
> Also, would you qualify those are elipsis? or do you have another
> interpretation in mind?
>
> Best,
> Jocelyn
>
> Le 28/10/2022 à 14:11, David Gil a écrit :
> > Dear all,
> >
> > English seems to have a rule which, under particular conditions, allows
> > for the first syllable of an utterance to be deleted.The first example
> > below is from a movie that I saw last night, the next two are made up:
> >
> > (1) (What) The fuck happened to you?
> >
> > (2) (Are) You going home yet?
> >
> > (3) (I) Think it's gonna rain
> >
> > And there's also the formulaic "Wish you were here".
> >
> > My questions:
> >
> > 1. Has anybody written about this? Seems like it could be interestingfor
> > a number of reasons.
> >
> > 2. Are there similar phenomena in other languages? (Haven't seen
> > anything like it in the other languages I happen to be familiar with.)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David
> >
> > --
> > David Gil
> >
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> >
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