You Sluice and hai Modification in Chinese

This paper argues that you ‘have’ sluice is a variant of pseudosluicing, akin to shi ‘be’ sluice in Chinese. You sluice can be analyzed as a base-generated structure [pro you ‘have’ wh-phrase], consisting of a subject pro, a verb you ‘have’, and a wh-phrase, having nothing to do with movement and de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wei Ting-Chi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-06-01
Series:Studies in Chinese Linguistics
Subjects:
hai
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/scl-2017-0001