The Asymmetry of Topicalization: a View from Mandarin Chinese

Liao, Wei-wen Roger

doi:10.1109/nics.2018.8606838

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 33 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Huang et al (2009) adopt a base generation approach to the gapless topic structure, and it is interpreted according to aboutness, while the gapped topic structure is derived via movement. Based on MCP (Main Clause Phenomena) properties as diagnostic tools to investigate the derivation of left-dislocation of canonical arguments and nonarguments, Liao (2018) and Liao and Kao (2017) maintain that Adependencies can be established through both base generation and movement. Our findings lend solid support to the two operations for deriving topic constructions in Mandarin.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the Syntax of Vp Dislocation in Mandarin*

Jheng

2022

Studia Linguistica

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

By drawing on data of two types of VP dislocation in Mandarin, this paper argues that these two types represent a syntactic incarnation of XP-split constructions providing an interesting argument for the conception of information structure starting in the numeration and multiple Spell-Out of copies regulated by the checking of strong features over the course of a syntactic derivation. Building on Fanselow and Cavar's ( 2002) distributed deletion analysis, I show that Type 1 involves two autonomous nominals that form a nominal predicate structure in a VP, and the VP is copied and internally merged to a topic position, followed by multiple Spell-Out of the copies whose information structural features are checked. In contrast, Type 2 is derived via base-generation. I argue that the two types are derived employing the same set of operations in the computational system without extra postulations. Issues involved in dealing with Mandarin topic constructions are addressed.*This article is a revised version of Chapter 2 and 3 of my PhD dissertation. I wish to express my gratefulness to Hsiao-hung Iris Wu, Wei-tien Dylan Tsai, Wei-wen Roger Liao and Chyan-an Arthur Wang for their constructive comments on the earlier versions of the article and two anonymous reviewers of Studia Linguistica for their valuable suggestions which make this article close to being in the vicinity of satisfaction and adequacy. I owe deeply to Chris Hsu, Mindy Kuo, Larry Liu and Grace Liu for discussing the data with me. The remaining inadequacies, conceptual or empirical, are solely my own responsibility.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the Syntax of Vp Dislocation in Mandarin*

Jheng

2022

Studia Linguistica

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

The Asymmetry of Topicalization: a View from Mandarin Chinese

Cited by 1 publication

References 33 publications

On the Syntax of Vp Dislocation in Mandarin*

On the Syntax of Vp Dislocation in Mandarin*

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About