Type of omissionPrincipal indicator
Genitive-related noun: “ask the town”Reason and convention: the inhabitants
Response to law (لو)The overwhelming situation evoked
Narrative linkEarlier or following discourse
Larger backgroundInformation already established in the story
A complete analysis should state what is omitted, the evidence for recovering it, and what the omission achieves. Simply labelling the expression “ellipsis” is insufficient.
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Ījāz, Iṭnāb and Musāwāh: Concision, Ellipsis, Expansion and Equivalence
Type of omissionPrincipal indicator
Genitive-related noun: “ask the town”Reason and convention: the inhabitants
Response to law (لو)The overwhelming situation evoked
Narrative linkEarlier or following discourse
Larger backgroundInformation already established in the story
A complete analysis should state what is omitted, the evidence for recovering it, and what the omission achieves. Simply labelling the expression “ellipsis” is insufficient.