<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> 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 deletion. In this simple clause, the pro can either refer to a nominal antecedent or an event antecedent; you ‘have’ mainly denotes possessive or existential readings as well as extended attributive uses. This analysis further reveals how circum-phrase chule … yiwei ‘besides’ semantically and syntactically interacts with hai ‘still’ in you sluice to express else modification in English sluicing derived by movement and deletion.</p></abstract>

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 deletion. In this simple clause, the pro can either refer to a nominal antecedent or an event antecedent; you ‘have’ mainly denotes possessive or existential readings as well as extended attributive uses. This analysis further reveals how circum-phrase chule … yiwei ‘besides’ semantically and syntactically interacts with hai ‘still’ in you sluice to express else modification in English sluicing derived by movement and deletion.

You Sluice and hai Modification in Chinese

Studies in Chinese Linguistics

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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...

You Sluice and hai Modification in Chinese

Published Online: Jun 30, 2017

Page range: 1 - 17

Received: Apr 11, 2016

Accepted: Mar 13, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scl-2017-0001

Keywords
hai, else, possessive, existential, sluicing, pseudosluicing

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

You Sluice and hai Modification in Chinese

Published Online: Jun 30, 2017

Page range: 1 - 17

Received: Apr 11, 2016

Accepted: Mar 13, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scl-2017-0001

Keywordshai, else, possessive, existential, sluicing, pseudosluicing

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
hai, else, possessive, existential, sluicing, pseudosluicing