摘要
With the help of the island repair effect on the Left Branch Condition (LBC),the derivation of Chinese sluicing can be illuminated.However,it fails to explain three unique properties of Chinese island repair related to the LBC involving (i) co vert antecedents,(ii) contrastive modifiers,and (iii) multiple islands including LBC structures.To capture the facts,a pseudosluic ing analysis is proposed which claims that sluiced clauses in Chinese are simply composed of a subject pro,an (optional) copula shi 'be',and a wh-in-situ wh-remnant serving as a predicate.The pro cannot be interpreted as a concealed cleft structure but in stead functions as an implicit subject.
With the help of the island repair effect on the Left Branch Condition (LBC),the derivation of Chinese sluicing can be illuminated.However,it fails to explain three unique properties of Chinese island repair related to the LBC involving (i) co vert antecedents,(ii) contrastive modifiers,and (iii) multiple islands including LBC structures.To capture the facts,a pseudosluic ing analysis is proposed which claims that sluiced clauses in Chinese are simply composed of a subject pro,an (optional) copula shi 'be',and a wh-in-situ wh-remnant serving as a predicate.The pro cannot be interpreted as a concealed cleft structure but in stead functions as an implicit subject.
出处
《海外英语》
2013年第7X期278-284,共7页
Overseas English
