Constraints on Reflexivization in Mandarin Chinese
(Part of the Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics Series)
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First Published in 1997. Mandarin ziji has challenged many syntacticians to probe for its properties and specifically its relationship to Binding Condition A (BCA), which dictates that an anaphor must be bound by a syntactically prominent (or c-commanding) noun phrase in a very local domain (Governing Category or GC). This book argues for the separation of contrastive and non-contrastive reflexives. This book will also show that ben-ren/shen and their compound forms, being inherently contrastive, differ from ziji and its compound forms in the contexts accessible to them; the latter can access linguistic contexts only, but the former can also access utterance situations and world knowledge.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1138971596
ISBN13:9781138971592
Release Date:May 2016
Publisher:Routledge
Length:276 Pages
Weight:0.71 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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