1. Ellipsis is a kind of omission, which can be understood as neglected in Linguistics.
2. Sometimes it is generally known as it's informal name "dot dot dot" or "3 dots".
It is only depend upon author whether he want to use ellipse or not.
3. Symbol: "..."
This method of presenting ellipse is called elliptical Construction. You can also show it without presenting in a sentence(by ignoring)
4. Etymology: Greek words means omission.
5. E.g. He likes her and she also.
Here, In this example, "She also" can be understood as complete but there is the presence of an ellipse in the sentence and that is " likes/loved".
It is always hidden in a sentence but show its own meaning without its appearance.
6. Types -
a) Gapping= Verb after Conjunction.
b) Verb Phrase= omission of VP.
c) Pseudogapping= only few amount of VP omission.
d) Stripping= use with "also, too, as well".
e) Sluicing= occurs in Interrogative Clause.
f) Noun phrase= omission of N.P. (Subject and Object).
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