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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2017-06-01
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Series: | Studies in Chinese Linguistics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/scl-2017-0001 |