New Explorations in Chinese Theoretical Syntax

Studies in honor of Yen-Hui Audrey Li

Editor

Andrew Simpson | University of Southern California

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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.

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 272] 2022. vi, 577 pp.

Publishing status: Available

© John Benjamins

https://doi.org/10.1075/la.272

Table of Contents

Andrew Simpson | pp. 1–14

Part I. The structure of lexical and functional projections

Finiteness, opacity, and Chinese clausal architecture

C.-T. James Huang | pp. 17–76

Place and distance: Locative expressions in Mandarin and Cantonese

Lisa Lai-Shen Cheng and Rint Sybesma | pp. 77–110

“Descriptive complements” are manner adverbials

Thomas Ernst | pp. 111–132

SVCs in disguise: The so-called “directional verb compounds” in Mandarin Chinese

Waltraud Paul | pp. 133–162

Part II. Modal verb syntax

Modal movement licensed by focus

Ka-Fai Yip and Tommy Tsz-Ming Lee | pp. 165–192

Negative modals and prohibitives in Taiwanese Southern Min

Wei-wen Roger Liao and Yuyun Iris Wang | pp. 193–216

Part III. Syntax-semantics interactions

Skolemized topicality for indefinites and universal quantifier mei-phrases in Chinese

Shi-Zhe Huang | pp. 219–248

Chinese comparatives: Commentary on clausal vs. phrasal analyses

Jo-Wang Lin | pp. 249–292

Head dependency and degree words in Mandarin

Niina Ning Zhang | pp. 293–300

Constraints on the representation of anaphoric definiteness in Mandarin Chinese: A reassessment

Andrew Simpson and Zoe Wu | pp. 301–330

Noncanonical arguments via the high applicative

Yafei Li | pp. 331–356

Applied objects in Mandarin and the nature of selection

Richard K. Larson and Chong Zhang | pp. 357–394

On the syntax of incompleteness: Evidence from the converbal construction in Cantonese

Sze-Wing Tang | pp. 395–428

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 | pp. 431–444

On the mirative marker leh ⁴ in Taiwanese Southern Min

Miao-Ling Hsieh | pp. 445–478

Non-veridical kaN in Taiwanese Southern Min

Shu-ing Shyu and Lio̍k-san N̂g | pp. 479–508

Sentence-internal discourse particles in Mandarin Chinese

Wei Wei | pp. 509–536

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 | pp. 539–554

Predicting the unpredictable: ‑le used in Chinese serial verb constructions

Yan Li | pp. 555–574

Index | pp. 575–577

Subjects

Linguistics

Theoretical linguistics

Sino-Tibetan languages

Main BIC Subject

CF/2GDC: Linguistics/Chinese

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009060: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax

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