Talk:Sluicing

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[edit] Non-constituent?

This sentence puzzles me: "Sluicing is problematic in the field of syntax, as the elided content seems to form a non-constituent." As far I can tell this is simply not true: sluicing involves deletion of TP or IP (which are of course constituents). Is the author thinking of 'swiping'?:

Phoebe is eating rice, but I don't know what with.

This certainly seems to involve deletion of a non-constituent. Matve 18:40, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Sluicing is also a type of mining - Hydralic mining used to mine Tin - at leaste in the 1930's. I'm not sure how to create a disambiguation but someone might want to do this?

This age needs some major work. It doesn't make any sense at all in its current form. 71.30.48.94 17:00, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Some clarification for non-linguists?

I'm just wondering whether someone who is better-versed in linguistics than I might be able to provide links on the page for two details: firstly, what does that little italicised 'e' represent? And secondly, what does the word 'matrix' mean in this context? (I think maybe just some strategic links on the page might do.) Thanks for any help you can give. Edisk 04:40, 10 August 2007 (UTC)