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that the researcher is found out. To make them clear, the data of ellipsis are explained below.
a. Nominal Ellipsis
In this research, the researcher finds nominal ellipsis in Nawal El- Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero novel. There are three data of nominal that
contains of nominal ellipsis. These data are nominal ellipsis because any nominal group having the function of head filled by a word that normally functions within
the modifiers is an elliptical one Halliday and Hasan, 1976: 148. The following is analysis of nominal ellipsis.
Data 1
‘If you so much as lay a finger on me I’ll get
Shawki
on to you.’
‘Who the hell is this Shawki of yours? Do you have another man? Are you in love with
someone else? Do you dare? p.59
This data is nominal ellipsis. The underline word “yours” is nominal ellipsis that position is as head. It usually found in nominal phrase.
It can be understood that the nou n is “Shawki” that is replaced after
“your”. Below is same kind of nominal ellipsis, we can get more understanding about nominal ellipsis to the next data.
Data 2
There was a note of irony in his voice, but I could not see why, so I said.
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‘Are you being sarcastic about my work, or about my medical profession?’
‘Both,’ he said. p.70
This data is also nominal ellipsis. We can see from the underline word “both”. It is sign of nominal ellipsis because the word “both” replaces
the two things. So the function of nominal ellipsis is to give emphasizing for repetition of particular item. The last nominal ellipsis can see more
explanation n the next data.
Data 3
He took to looking me in the flat before going out. I now slept on the floor in the other room.
He would come back in the middle of the night, pull the cover away from me, slap my
face, and then bear down on me with all his weight. I kept my eyes closed and abandoned
my body. It lay there under him without movement, emptied of all desire, or pleasure,
or even pain, feeling nothing. A dead body with no life in it at all, like a piece of wood, or
an empty sock, or a shoe. Then one night his body seemed heavier than before, and his
breath smelt different, so I opened my eyes. The face
above me was not
Bayomi’s. p.50
This data is included into grammatical cohesion because this data consist in nominal ellipsis. We can see from the last sentence of this data.
This sentence is nominal ellipsis because there is sign of nominal ellipsis. The underline word “Bayomi’s” shows that this word has the repetition of
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particular item, it is phrase ”the face”. Then, the next data is about verbal
ellipsis.
b. Verbal Ellipsis
Verbal ellipsis is omitting a part of element in verb group. It omits the same word. Usually, verbal ellipsis is always found in Wh question. To make clear
the understanding of verbal ellipsis, the researcher explains the data of verbal ellipsis below.
Data 1
The prince laughed as he eyed me again and then said.
‘You are not telling the truth. From your face, I can see you are the daughter of a king.’
‘My father was not different from a king except for one thing.’
‘And what is that?’ ‘He never taught me to kill. He left me to learn
it alone as I went through life.’ ‘Did life teach you to kill?’
‘Of course it did.’
‘And have you killed anybody yet?’
‘Yes. I have.’p.99
This data is verbal ellipsis because there are two sentences that consist in verbal ellipsis. We can see the underline sentences above, the
verbal ellipsis is usually found in WH question as the data example above.
