Resumen de On the Special Pronoun Ta in the Wuhan Dialect of Chinese:: A Resumptive Analysis

Chen Zhao

• In this article, I will investigate a special pronoun Ta that appears in the postverbal thematic position of various constructions in the Wuhan dialect of Chinese. I will argue that all the sentences containing Ta can be unified under an Agree-based resumptive analysis. More specifically, I will claim that Ta, differing from the regular pronouns, is φ-feature deprived (or a weak pronoun), which is the reason why the pronoun can function as a resumptive pronoun in ba-constructions (a case of A-resumption) on a par with A-traces/copies. Furthermore, I will argue that the completion-inducing effect of Ta does not necessarily entail that Ta is an aspectual marker; rather, the effect is due to the exceptional omission of the telicizing verb particle inside the small clause; therefore, Ta remains to be a resumptive pronoun throughout.