作为一种句法现象，省略不仅可以避免重复、突出新信息，而且也是语篇衔接的一种重要语法手段。 英汉两种语言中的省略现象可大致分为名词性省略、动词性省略和小句性省略。

As a grammatical device for the cohesion of discourse, ellipsis in both the Chinese language and English can be divided into nominal ellipsis, verbal ellipsis and clausal ellipsis.

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