A dynamic account of lian…dou in Chinese verb doubling cleft construction

Yang, Xiao‐Long; Wu, Yicheng

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2018.10.007

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“…9 The Chinese equivalent has been discussed under different frameworks by various authors, such as Poh Ean (1996), Shyu (2004), Yang and Wu (2019). A similar phenomenon can be found in Breton dialects (Glottolog: bret1244).…”

Section: Simplification Of Double Verb Construction and Clitic Reassignmentmentioning

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Betrayal through obedience: on the history of the unusual inflectional chain in Siyuewu Khroskyabs

Lai

2020

Linguistic Typology

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This paper focuses on the verbal inflection chain of Siyuewu Khroskyabs, a Gyalrongic language (Trans-Himalayan). Siyuewu Khroskyabs goes against two general typological tendencies: first, as an SOV language, it shows an overwhelming preference for prefixes, which is rarely reported typologically; second, the inflectional prefixes in the outer slots are older than those in the inner slots, which is the reverse case of most languages. In this paper, I will first identify distinct historical layers within the inflectional prefixes, and then focus on two of the prefixes, də- ‘even’ and ɕə- ‘q’ whose evolutionary pathways are relatively clear. The essential part of the hypotheses is that the prefixes originate from enclitics which could be attached to the end of a preverbal chain, originally loosely attached to the verb stem. The preverbal chain later became tightly attached to the verbal stem and eventually became a part of it as a chain of prefixes. As a result, the original enclitics are reanalysed as prefixes. The integration of preverbal morphemes is responsible for the prefixing preference in Modern Siyuewu Khroskyabs. However, despite this superficial prefixing preference, Siyuewu Khroskyabs underlyingly favours postposed morphemes. By following the general suffixing tendency, this language finally managed to create a typologically rare, overwhelmingly prefixing verbal template.

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Section: Simplification Of Double Verb Construction and Clitic Reassignmentmentioning

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Betrayal through obedience: on the history of the unusual inflectional chain in Siyuewu Khroskyabs

Lai

2020

Linguistic Typology

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“…4.1.1, Chinese is a typical topic prominent and pro-drop language, so the propositional structure for the primary structure is standardly induced by the processing of the verb at which point the inhabitant of the LINKed structure can be identified not merely as the topic, but as the subject through unifying with the appropriate verbal argument. Before reaching that point however, we assume that dou as a domain morpheme will project a propositional tree in the event node to capture the effect of the focus preceding dou to be taken as true, so the alternatives implied in the set indicated by that focused element (here by the use of the numeral yi-ge 'one') would also be true (see also Yang & Wu, 2019). This can be shown in the event node, anticipating the structure subject to its being completed following the processing of the verb.…”

Section: A Dynamic Account Of Minimizers In the Lian…dou Constructionmentioning

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A Dynamic Analysis of Minimizers in Chinese lian…dou Construction

Yang

2021

J of Log Lang and Inf

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Minimizers are widely acknowledged cross-linguistically to denote a minimal quantity, extent or degree. With respect to minimizers in Mandarin Chinese, Shyu (Linguistics 54:1355(Linguistics 54: -1395(Linguistics 54: , 2016 claims that their so-called negative polarity is purely syntactically determined and is facilitated by the lian…dou ('including…all') EVEN construction. Within the framework of Dynamic Syntax (Kempson et al., Dynamic syntax: the flow of language understanding, Blackwell, 2001; Cann et al., The dynamics of language, Elsevier, 2005) which allows for interaction between syntactic, semantic and pragmatic information, we demonstrate that the total negation is actually derived from the interaction between syntax, semantics and pragmatics, rather than being determined by purely syntactic means.

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The Centennial Controversy: How to Classify the Chinese Adverb Dōu?

Zhong

2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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A dynamic account of lian…dou in Chinese verb doubling cleft construction

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

Betrayal through obedience: on the history of the unusual inflectional chain in Siyuewu Khroskyabs

Betrayal through obedience: on the history of the unusual inflectional chain in Siyuewu Khroskyabs

A Dynamic Analysis of Minimizers in Chinese lian…dou Construction

The Centennial Controversy: How to Classify the Chinese Adverb Dōu?

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