Yi-Hsun Chen
List of John Benjamins publications for which Yi-Hsun Chen plays a role.
Articles
2023 Measurement and optional classifiers in Mandarin Chinese Degrees and Grammar: An East Asian Perspective, Luo, Qiongpeng, Zhiguo Xie and Xiao Li (eds.), pp. 74–119 | Article
This paper presents a compositional analysis of the fact that Mandarin individuating classifiers are systematically optional in various degree constructions (see also Lin & Schaeffer 2018 for experimental evidence), by taking a mixed approach incorporating the insights from Chierchia (1998;… read more
2023 The anatomy of Chinese Superlative Modifiers: The case of Q-adjectives Language and Linguistics 24:2, pp. 216–268 | Article
This paper studies the morpho-semantics of a particular class of scalar focus adverbs called Superlative Modifiers (SMs). One key feature of these scalar focus adverbs is that they bear degree morphology, along with gradable adjectives involved. Most analyses of SMs in the market do not take… read more