Ellipsis is a universal property of natural languages. But its means of realization differ significantly from language to language. When it comes to elliptical phenomena, there are substantial differences between written and spoken language. Especially ellipsis in the spoken language refers to an intentional omission of certain linguistic component in the dynamic space where discourse participants, discourse situation and discourse text interact with each other. On this occasion discourse participants can easily infer the unrealized linguistic component in terms of internal and/or external linguistic context. The drivers of linguistic elliptical phenomena are chiefly attributed to linguistic economy and informational efficiency.In the chapter 2 of this paper we are concerned with the definition of ellipsis. In the chapter 3 we address

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The epic novel Honbul, written by Myung-Hee Choi, is characterized by her ability to observe, elaborative and creative words, delicate and multi-layered description of Korean traditional folklore and custom in the ethnographic aspect. In Honbul the author restored and reproduced forgotten and forgetting Korean traditional tangible and intangible folkloric and cultural elements based on thorough historical