New explorations in Chinese theoretical syntax studies in honor of Yen-Hui Audrey Li / edited by Andrew Simpson, University of Southern California.
| Other author | Simpson, Andrew, 1962- |
| Other author | Li, Yen-hui Audrey, 1954- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2022] |
| Description | vi, 577 pages : charts ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Linguistik aktuell/linguistics today (LA), 0166-0829 ; volume 272 |
| Contents | Introduction / Andrew Simpson -- Part I. The structure of lexical and functional projections -- Finiteness, opacity, and Chinese clausal architecture / C.-T. James Huang -- Place and distance : Locative expressions in Mandarin and Cantonese / Lisa Lai-Shen Cheng and Rint Sybesma -- "Descriptive complements" are manner adverbials / Thomas Ernst -- SVCs in disguise : the so-called "directional verb compounds" in Mandarin Chinese / Waltraud Paul -- Part II. Modal verb syntax -- Modal movement licensed by focus / Ka-Fai Yip and Tommy Tsz-Ming Lee -- Negative modals and prohibitives in Taiwanese Southern Min / Wei-wen Roger Liao and Yuyun Iris Wang -- Part III. Syntax-semantics interactions -- Skolemized topicality for indefinites and universal quantifier mei-phrases in Chinese / Shi-Zhe Huang -- Chinese comparatives : Commentary on clausal vs. phrasal analyses / Jo-Wang Lin -- Head dependency and degree words in Mandarin / Niina Ning Zhang -- Constraints on the representation of anaphoric definiteness in Mandarin Chinese : a reassessment / Andrew Simpson and Zoe Wu -- Noncanonical arguments via the high applicative / Yafei Li -- Applied objects in Mandarin and the nature of selection / Richard K. Larson and Chong Zhang -- On the syntax of incompleteness : Evidence from the converbal construction in Cantonese / Sze-Wing Tang -- Part IV. The syntax and interpretation of particles -- On the syntax of mirativity : Evidence from Mandarin Chinese / Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai and Ching-Yu Helen Yang -- On the mirative marker leh4 in Taiwanese Southern Min / Miao-Ling Hsieh -- Non-veridical kaN in Taiwanese Southern Min / Shu-ing Shyu and Lió k-san N̂g -- Sentence-internal discourse particles in Mandarin Chinese / Wei Wei -- Part V. Acquisition of syntactic structures -- V-gei vs. double object construction : the mental representation of the Mandarin V-gei construction / Yi-Hsien Liu and Heeju Hwang -- Predicting the unpredictable : -le used in Chinese serial verb constructions / Yan Li -- Index. |
| Abstract | "This volume brings together 19 cutting edge studies written by some of the most prominent linguists working on Chinese formal syntax, as a Festschrift volume dedicated to Yen-Hui Audrey Li. The contributions to the volume address a wide range of issues currently developing in the field of Chinese syntax, grouped into five thematic sections on the structure of lexical and functional projections, modal verb syntax, syntax-semantics interactions, the syntax and interpretation of particles, and the acquisition of syntactic structures. With its rich descriptive content sourced from different varieties of Chinese, and its theoretical orientation and analyses, the book provides an important new resource both for researchers with a primary interest in Chinese and other linguists interested in discovering how properties of Chinese can inform the analysis of other languages"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021059062 |
| ISBN | 9789027210678 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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