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Applied objects in Mandarin and the nature of selection

  • Richard K. Larson und Chong Zhang
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New Explorations in Chinese Theoretical Syntax
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Abstract

This article examines a range of data involving non-canonical objects in Mandarin mono- and di-transitive sentences. It argues that these represent applied object constructions, in which an oblique argument is “promoted” to the status of a direct object. The core theoretical apparatus employed is that of Larson (2014), which recasts θ-roles as formal syntactic θ-features and θ-role assignment as θ-feature agreement and provides a general account of structure projection and argument inversions like those involved with applied objects. We show that this approach can bring together a wide range of constructions in Mandarin. We conclude with a discussion of these results for the broader understanding of selection. Mandarin non-canonical objects strongly suggest a purely syntactic approach to selection, rather than the semantic approach which is more typically assumed.

Abstract

This article examines a range of data involving non-canonical objects in Mandarin mono- and di-transitive sentences. It argues that these represent applied object constructions, in which an oblique argument is “promoted” to the status of a direct object. The core theoretical apparatus employed is that of Larson (2014), which recasts θ-roles as formal syntactic θ-features and θ-role assignment as θ-feature agreement and provides a general account of structure projection and argument inversions like those involved with applied objects. We show that this approach can bring together a wide range of constructions in Mandarin. We conclude with a discussion of these results for the broader understanding of selection. Mandarin non-canonical objects strongly suggest a purely syntactic approach to selection, rather than the semantic approach which is more typically assumed.

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  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. The structure of lexical and functional projections
  5. Finiteness, opacity, and Chinese clausal architecture 17
  6. Place and distance 77
  7. “Descriptive complements” are manner adverbials 111
  8. SVCs in disguise 133
  9. Part II. Modal verb syntax
  10. Modal movement licensed by focus 165
  11. Negative modals and prohibitives in Taiwanese Southern Min 193
  12. Part III. Syntax-semantics interactions
  13. Skolemized topicality for indefinites and universal quantifier mei -phrases in Chinese 219
  14. Chinese comparatives 249
  15. Head dependency and degree words in Mandarin 293
  16. Constraints on the representation of anaphoric definiteness in Mandarin Chinese 301
  17. Noncanonical arguments via the high applicative 331
  18. Applied objects in Mandarin and the nature of selection 357
  19. On the syntax of incompleteness 395
  20. Part IV. The syntax and interpretation of particles
  21. On the syntax of mirativity 431
  22. On the mirative marker leh 4 in Taiwanese Southern Min 445
  23. Non-veridical kaN in Taiwanese Southern Min 479
  24. Sentence-internal discourse particles in Mandarin Chinese 509
  25. Part V. Acquisition of syntactic structures
  26. V- gei vs. double object construction 539
  27. Predicting the unpredictable 555
  28. Index 575
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.272.13lar

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. The structure of lexical and functional projections
  5. Finiteness, opacity, and Chinese clausal architecture 17
  6. Place and distance 77
  7. “Descriptive complements” are manner adverbials 111
  8. SVCs in disguise 133
  9. Part II. Modal verb syntax
  10. Modal movement licensed by focus 165
  11. Negative modals and prohibitives in Taiwanese Southern Min 193
  12. Part III. Syntax-semantics interactions
  13. Skolemized topicality for indefinites and universal quantifier mei -phrases in Chinese 219
  14. Chinese comparatives 249
  15. Head dependency and degree words in Mandarin 293
  16. Constraints on the representation of anaphoric definiteness in Mandarin Chinese 301
  17. Noncanonical arguments via the high applicative 331
  18. Applied objects in Mandarin and the nature of selection 357
  19. On the syntax of incompleteness 395
  20. Part IV. The syntax and interpretation of particles
  21. On the syntax of mirativity 431
  22. On the mirative marker leh 4 in Taiwanese Southern Min 445
  23. Non-veridical kaN in Taiwanese Southern Min 479
  24. Sentence-internal discourse particles in Mandarin Chinese 509
  25. Part V. Acquisition of syntactic structures
  26. V- gei vs. double object construction 539
  27. Predicting the unpredictable 555
  28. Index 575
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