A revisit to the [Num-Cl-Modifier- de -N]/ [Modifier- de -Num-Cl‑N] variation in Mandarin Chinese
This paper investigates the licensing condition of the [Num(eral)-Cl(assifier)-Mod(ifier)- de -N(oun)] / [Mod- de -Num-Cl‑N] variation in Mandarin Chinese. It is observed that this variation represents a complex interface phenomenon in the nominal domain, which is subject to the semantic condition c...
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| Vydané v: | Language and linguistics (Taipei) Ročník 21; číslo 2; s. 213 - 253 |
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| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | English |
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Taipei
John Benjamins Publishing Company
02.04.2020
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| ISSN: | 1606-822X, 2309-5067 |
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| Shrnutí: | This paper investigates the licensing condition of the [Num(eral)-Cl(assifier)-Mod(ifier)-
de
-N(oun)] / [Mod-
de
-Num-Cl‑N] variation in Mandarin Chinese. It is observed that this variation represents a complex interface phenomenon in the nominal domain, which is subject to the semantic condition concerning the i(ndividual)-level/s(tage)-level nature of the modifier contained on the one hand, and the discourse-related condition concerning
contrastive topic
(
ct
) on the other. Based on this, at the syntax-semantics interface level, this paper proposes a division of the syntactic domain of adnominal modification to account for the discrepancy between i‑level and s‑level modifiers in terms of their capability in forming [Mod-
de
-Num-Cl‑N] in the neutral context. In the meanwhile, at the syntax-discourse interface level, in light of the interface-induced analysis pursued by
Neeleman & Van de Koot (2008)
and
Horvath (2010)
, it is claimed that the word order of [Mod-
de
-Num-Cl‑N] could be adopted as a linguistic device to encode
ct
within the nominal domain in Mandarin Chinese, in which case the ordering of [Mod-
de
-Num-Cl‑N] is licensed for the purpose of establishing a transparent mapping between syntactic configuration and information structure. |
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| Bibliografia: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 |
| ISSN: | 1606-822X 2309-5067 |
| DOI: | 10.1075/lali.00061.jin |