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Questioning previous proposals that sluicing constructions detected in languages with overt wh-movement can be found in languages with optional wh-movement like Korean, this paper argues that what has been called sluicing constructions in Korean manifest critically different properties from those in English with respect to types of sluice, forms of sluice, and sensitivity to Island Effects. This also provides a novel view on the presence of 'be' in sluicing-like constructions based on its optionality of its presence. Expanding a view that canonical Island Effects are from processing difficulty, this paper argues that acceptability of sluicing-like constructions that include islands is graded depending on discourse context, morphological-semantic relevancy, and anti-ambiguity requirements