It is well-known that the derivation of Korean sluicing differs from that of English counterpart. Researchers have proposed a variety of analyses in generative grammar and the standard assumption is that Korean sluicing is derived out of(pseudo-)cleft. However, Kim (2015) poses challenges to the pseudo-cleft analysis, in that it faces empirical problems, both of which involve asymmetries between (pseudo-)clefts and sluicing. This indicates that (pseudo)-cleft cannot be the source of sluicing in Korean. In this paper I adopt Barros, Elliott, and Thoms’ (2014) evasion approach that makes non-isomorphic sources possible for the ellipsis site along with an isomorphic source. Under the evasion approach, PF deletion from the full-fledged structure is just one of the options available for sluicing. Sluicing can also be derived from other sources, such as short sources, (pseudo)-clefts, and predicational sentences. On the assumption that such non-isomorphic sources are all available as long as Question-under-Discussion is satisfied, I will argue that the challenges posed in the previous literature can be resolved.
1. Introduction
2. Licensing Condition of Ellipsis
3. An Evasion Approach
4. Challenges to Pseudo-cleft Approaches for Korean Sluicing
5. Conclusion
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