The Mandarin Vp
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The Mandarin Vp
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Author : Rint Sybesma
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-04-17
The Mandarin Vp written by Rint Sybesma and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Mandarin VP deals with a number of constructions in Mandarin Chinese which involve the main verb and the material following it, like the object NPs, resultative phrases, durative expressions and other elements. The basis claim defended in this book is that all elements that follow the main verb in a Mandarin sentence form one single constituent which functions as the complement of the verb. The Mandarin VP offers new and original analyses of such hot issues as resultative constructions, the ba-construction and verb-le. In addition, the conclusions drawn from the research into Mandarin syntax are discussed in more general theoretic terms, which leads to original proposals regarding the internal make-up of accomplishments and the status of Theta Theory. The research reported on in this book was concluded within the bounds of mainstream generative theorizing. The Mandarin VP is of interest to all syntacticians, especially those interested in Chinese.
Mandarin Chinese
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Author : Charles N. Li
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Mandarin Chinese written by Charles N. Li and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Chinese language categories.
On You Vp Construction In Mandarin Chinese
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Author : Xin Li
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
On You Vp Construction In Mandarin Chinese written by Xin Li and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
This thesis investigates a newly developed construction, "you + VP," in Mandarin Chinese. The semantic function, syntactic distribution, as well as the co-occurrence restrictions of you and verbs are examined in this work. Given that "you + VP" construction is fairly new in Mandarin Chinese, a rating system on the scale of 1 - 4 is used throughout the work to ensure the acceptability of example sentences. First, by showing the compatibility of you and viewpoint aspects in Mandarin Chinese and by examining the differences between you and the perfective suffix -le, I argue that the pre-predicate you in "you + VP" construction is not an alternative of perfective -le, as proposed in previous literature (e.g., Tsai, 2012; Shi, 2004; Jing, 2005; Chen and Wang, 2010; among others). In fact, the pre-predicate you does not itself express aspectual information. Semantically, the pre-predicate you asserts the existence of a certain event. When the situation denoted by the VP following you is non-specific, you asserts at least one occurrence of the situation. When the situation is specific, on the other hand, you asserts the existence of the bounded situation (c.f. Lee, 2018). In other words, the pre-predicate you must select a bounded situation that has an initial endpoint and a final endpoint. Chapter three, four, and five investigate the syntactic distributions of "you + VP." By inspecting the co-occurrence conditions of "you + VP" and Chinese modals, I propose that you is above vP and under deontic modals. The full hierarchy is as follows: Epistemic modals> TP> AspP> Deontic modals> YouP> vP> Dynamic modals. In addition, the structure accounts for the ill-formed "you + VP + le" sequence, which results from the failure of covertly moving "V-le" from v to Asp. Moreover, the fact that multiple aspect markers can co-occur suggest that there are multiple aspect projections in MC, following the sequence: TP> Asp perfective> MP deontic> YouP> Asp perfect> Asp progressive> Asp durative> vP. The inspection of verbs in "you + VP" construction suggests that you selects verbs with an external argument (Chapter 4). Still, more tests are required to determine the generalizability of "you + VP" construction serving as a test to distinguish between different types of verbs. Further examination of "you + VP" in embedded clauses reveals that you is sensitive to the complement and adjunct distinction (Chapter 5). However, the more acceptable adverbial clauses of reason and condition call for future research in this direction
Parts Of Speech In Mandarin
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Author : Candice Chi-Hang Cheung
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-06-15
Parts Of Speech In Mandarin written by Candice Chi-Hang Cheung and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-15 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This book offers a comprehensive survey of the major parts of speech in Mandarin. Seeking to identify the sets of universal and language-specific categories, it compares the range of categories available in Mandarin and the Indo-European languages and establishes six universal categories – nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions – and three language-specific ones, namely classifiers, localizers and sentence-final particles. Incorporating insights from recent research findings and the diachronic development of the language, the book sheds new light on the factors that contribute to the long-standing debate on the categorical status of adjectives, prepositions and localizers in the extant literature. Bringing together the earlier general descriptions and the latest advances, it is broadly accessible to non-native and native speakers of the language and offers an ideal reference source for all students and scholars who are interested in studying the parts of speech in Mandarin.
The Syntax Of V V Resultatives In Mandarin Chinese
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Author : Jianxun Liu
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-03-01
The Syntax Of V V Resultatives In Mandarin Chinese written by Jianxun Liu and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book addresses the three fundamental properties of V-V resultative constructions in Mandarin Chinese: their generation, their syntactic structure, and their alternations. This book is original and new in the following aspects. First, adopting the ‘inner vs. outer domain’ theory, it provides new analysis and evidence that these compounds are generated in syntax, not in lexicon. Second, this book argues that the two subclasses of V-V resultative constructions, object-oriented vs. subject-oriented V-V resultatives, actually have different structures. Their syntactic contrasts have not been observed in the literature before. Third, this book is new in determining the syntactic structure of the V-V resultative constructions through their adverbial modification properties. It demonstrates that the previous isomorphism analysis of the syntactic structure of Chinese V-V resultatives does not hold. Finally, this book provides a new analysis of the issue of the alternations of V-V resultatives. In contrast to previous analyses, which generally view the causative alternation as the idiosyncratic property of particular V-V compounds, this book provides a principled analysis. This book makes a substantial improvement of the current understanding of the issues in the syntax of Mandarin Chinese and gives new support to certain theories of the generative grammar from the perspective of Mandarin Chinese.
Units In Mandarin Conversation
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Author : Hongyin Tao
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1996-01-01
Units In Mandarin Conversation written by Hongyin Tao and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Hongyin Tao provides a new way of studying grammar based on the prosodic or intonation unit in spontaneous speech, rather than focusing on the unit of the artificially constructed sentence. Some notions developed from sentence-level data often do not account well for speech data. Contrary to the notion that the basic syntactic structure of a sentence comprises of both an NP and a VP, the author shows that a Mandarin sentence in spoken discourse can consist of a lone NP or a transitive verbal expression without any explicit argument (not anaphora). The author proposes the speech unit as one with which the grammar of Mandarin can better be understood. The book is of interest to scholars of discourse analysis, syntax, prosody, typology as well as of the Mandarin language.
Order And Constituency In Mandarin Chinese
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Author : Audrey Li Yen Hui
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Order And Constituency In Mandarin Chinese written by Audrey Li Yen Hui and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Recent developments in generative grammar have been very stimulating. The current theory defines a small set of principles that apply to all human languages. Efforts have been made to demonstrate the adequacy of this theory for a wide range of languages. We thus see an interesting interface of theory and empirical data: the study of natural languages contributes to defining the properties of Universal Grammar and the predictions of the theory help in uncovering generalizations regarding natural languages. This book aims to add to this exciting development by showing how the analysis of Mandarin Chinese constituent structures helps to define Case Theory and how interesting generalizations concerning Chinese grammar are uncovered through verification of the theoretical predictions. Starting from the inadequacy of work by Koopman, Li, and Travis on the effect of Case directionality on word order, the book shows that a detailed study of Chinese constituent structures allows us to reduce the phrase structure component to a minimal statement concerning the position of the head in a given phrase. It argues that in a given language the constituent structures can be adequately captured by the interaction of Case Theory, Theta Theory, Government Theory, and X Theory. Long standing controversies concerning Chinese basic word order are resolved by showing that underlying word order generalizations can differ from surface word order generalizations.
Advances In Language Acquisition
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Author : Xenia Konstantinopoulou
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2014-10-16
Advances In Language Acquisition written by Xenia Konstantinopoulou and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-16 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book contains 51 chapters based on papers presented at the GALA (Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition) conference held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2011. It thus reflects the GALA 2011 scientific presentations and discussions and raises issues that are currently at the centre of language acquisition research. Such issues examined in this volume include first and second language acquisition and processing by children and adults; language acquisition by individuals with linguistic and/or cognitive impairment; and cross-linguistic comparisons in (a)typical language acquisition. As such, Advances in Language Acquisition constitutes a valuable reference guide for current work on the interdisciplinary research field of language acquisition.
Focus And Background Marking In Mandarin Chinese
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Author : Daniel Hole
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2004-08-02
Focus And Background Marking In Mandarin Chinese written by Daniel Hole and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-02 with Political Science categories.
This is an investigation into the grammaticalized system of focus-background agreement in Mandarin Chinese. The particles cái, jiù, dou and ye are, in a specific use type, shown to form the core of a highly systematic paradigm. This book is not just a valuable companion for anyone interested in core aspects of Mandarin Chinese grammar. It caters for the interests of theoretical linguists as well as for linguists from other fields with an interest in information-structure, focus and contrastive topics, and quantification. The outstanding characteristic of this book, viz. its effortless integration of findings from formal semantics without heavy formal load, makes it rewarding reading both for linguists with a less formal background, and for researchers with some knowledge of formal semantics.
Nominalization In Asian Languages
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Author : Foong Ha Yap
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2011-06-29
Nominalization In Asian Languages written by Foong Ha Yap and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-29 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Research on nominalization, a process that gives rise to referring expressions, has always played a central role in linguistic investigations. Over the years there has also been growing evidence that nominalization constructions often extend to non-referential domains. They participate in noun-modifying expressions (e.g. genitive and relative clauses), subordinate clauses and topic constructions, finite structures with the nominalizers reanalyzed as TAM markers, and stance constructions with evaluative, attitudinal, evidential and epistemic overtones. This volume brings together historical and crosslinguistic evidence from more than 20 different languages representing six different language families spanning the Asian continent and the Pacific and Indian oceans to elucidate the strategies and grammaticalization pathways that give rise to both referential and non-referential uses of nominalization constructions. This collection highlights the diversity of strategies and at the same time the robust cyclical nature of change within and across languages. The combined diachronic and typological analyses in this volume are particularly valuable for linguistic research on diachronic morphosyntax and linguistic ‘universals’, and are also an important supplementary cross-referencing tool for linguistic investigations of versatile and ubiquitous morphemes in under-documented languages.