Hungarian adjectival sluices show agreement characteristics of predicative adjectives, even though the correlate of the adjective is in attributive position. This has been taken as evidence for the existence of non-isomorphic (i.e. copular/cleft) sources for the ellipsis site. However, such an analysis could only capture the distribution of apparent case-mismatches by positing copular sources for a subset of Hungarian sluices—a conceptually unappealing state of affairs. Instead we provide a more parsimonious analysis, which predicts the data without needing to posit exceptional sources. In particular, we argue for the existence of two different configurations: (1) one involving isomorphic wh-sources followed by ellipsis, and (2) one that does not involve ellipsis at all, but is rather a case of pseudosluicing. Pseudosluicing is the combination of a null subject and a null copula—elements that are independently available in the language, and whose restricted distribution explains constraints we observe on the distribution of pseudosluicing. Thus, on our analysis, only isomorphic wh-questions are possible sources for Hungarian sluicing structures, consistent with the most restrictive theories of elliptical identity.

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匈牙利语形容词水闸

匈牙利形容词水闸显示出谓语形容词的一致特征，即使形容词的关联词处于定语位置。这已被视为存在省略号位点的非同构（即共形/裂隙）源的证据。然而，这样的分析只能通过为匈牙利水闸的一个子集（一种在概念上没有吸引力的事态）假定关联源来捕捉明显的案例不匹配的分布。相反，我们提供了更简洁的分析，无需假设特殊来源即可预测数据。特别地，我们主张存在两种不同的配置：(1) 一种涉及同构 wh-sources 后跟省略号，以及 (2) 一种根本不涉及省略号，而是一种伪流控的情况。Pseudosluicing 是一个 null 主题和一个 null copula 的组合——在语言中独立可用的元素，其受限分布解释了我们观察到的pseudosluicing 分布的约束。因此，根据我们的分析，只有同构 wh 问题是匈牙利水闸结构的可能来源，这与最严格的椭圆恒等式理论一致。