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Gapping logo #21000 In linguistics, gapping is a type of ellipsis that occurs in the non-initial conjuncts of coordinate structures. Gapping usually elides minimally a finite verb and further any non-finite verbs that are present. This material is `gapped` from the non-initial conjuncts of a coordinate structure. Gapping exists in many languages, but by no means in.....
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