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In syntax, sluicing is a type of ellipsis that occurs in both direct and indirect interrogative clauses. The ellipsis is introduced by a ''wh''-expression, whereby in most cases, everything except the ''wh''-expression is elided from the clause. Sluicing has been studied in detail in recent years and is therefore a relatively well understood type of ellipsis.〔See for instance Ross (1969), Chung et al. (1995), and Merchant (2001).〕 Sluicing occurs in many languages.〔See Merchant's (2001) extensive account of sluicing; it includes examples from numerous languages.〕 ==Basic examples== Sluicing is illustrated with the following examples. In each case, an embedded question is understood though only a question word or phrase is pronounced. (The intended interpretations of the question-denoting elliptical clause are given in parentheses; parts of these are anaphoric to the boldface material in the antecedent.) ::Phoebe ate something, but she doesn't know what. (=what she ate) ::Jon doesn't like the lentils, but he doesn't know why. (=why he doesn't like the lentils) ::Someone has eaten the soup. Unfortunately, I don't know who. (=who has eaten the soup) Sluicing in these examples occurs in indirect questions. It is also frequent in direct questions across speakers, e.g. ::Somebody is coming for dinner tonight. - Who? (=Who is coming for dinner tonight)? ::They put something in the mailbox. - What? (=What did they put in the mailbox)? The examples of sluicing above have the sluiced material following its antecedent. This material can also precede its antecedent, e.g. ::Although I don't know why, the pictures have been moved. (=why the pictures have been moved) ::When and how is unclear, but somebody should say something. (=when and how somebody should say something) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sluicing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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