Biographical note: Winfried Lechner is researcher at the Department of Linguistics, University of Tuebingen, Germany.

Generative analyses of comparatives traditionally include two construction specific ellipsis operations, Comparative Deletion and Comparative Ellipsis. Drawing

This handbook is the first volume to provide a comprehensive, in-depth, and balanced discussion of ellipsis, a phenomena whereby expressions in natural language

This book provides a new analysis for the syntax of comparatives, focusing on various deletion phenomena affecting the subclause. In particular, the proposed ac

This volume brings together original papers by linguists and philosophers on the role of context and perspective in language and thought. Several contributions