On the syntax and semantics of sluicing in Mandarin Chinese

Bibliographic Data

ID22022871
AuthorsChengdong Wang (0009-0007-5032-8281, Dalian University of Foreign Languages, corresponding author), Yudi Yuan (Dalian University of Foreign Languages , Dalian , China), Y-L Yuan (Dalian University of Foreign Languages)
Year2024
Volume20
Issue1
Pages147-174
Publication date2024-02-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChinese Semiotic Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2198-9605 • E-ISSN: 2198-9613
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/css-2024-2009
OpenAlexW4393205436
LanguageEN
References cited26

This article investigates the syntax of sluicing in Mandarin Chinese, including the syntactic constraints on predicates that might appear in sluicing, the reclassification of wh -phrases, the syntactic status of shi ‘be’ and you ‘have,’ and the syntactic derivation of typical sluicing and pseudo-sluicing. This article argues that there are both pseudo-sluicing and typical sluicing in Chinese, with each involving different structures and derivations and requiring different analysis

Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Natural language processing · Parsing · Programming language · Syntactic structure · Syntax · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence