I-Hsuan Chen

Chen, I-Hsuan 2017 The polysemy network of Chinese ‘one’-phrases in a diachronic constructional perspective Constructions and Frames 9:1, pp. 70–100 | Article

This study investigates the development of a polysemy network within a constructional framework. The synchronic variation of Chinese ‘one’-phrases is explained by diachronic developments. The results of a quantitative corpus analysis show that each of the senses of the ‘one’ phrase tends to… read more

Chen, I-Hsuan 2013 Subjectivity encoding in Taiwanese Southern Min Historical Linguistics 2011: Selected papers from the 20th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Osaka, 25-30 July 2011, Kikusawa, Ritsuko and Lawrence A. Reid (eds.), pp. 83–98 | Article

This paper concerns how subjectivity is encoded with a third person singular anaphor through grammaticalization in Taiwanese Southern Min. The case study of constructions hoo7-i1 and khit4hoo7-i1, which consist of the third person singular anaphor i1preceded by a functional marker, hoo7 or… read more

Chen, I-Hsuan 2013 The semantic constraints on the verb +zhe nouns in Mandarin Chinese Increased Empiricism: Recent advances in Chinese Linguistics, Jing-Schmidt, Zhuo (ed.), pp. 189–204 | Article

The suffix -zhe in Mandarin Chinese can attach to a verb stem to form a verb +zhe ‘one who is/does X’ noun. Zhe is compatible with different aktionsarts, but there is a distinct difference in productivity. The verb +zhe nouns adhere to three constraints. First, the semantic completion is obligatory… read more

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