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Chapter 8. On the syntax of causal clauses in Mandarin Chinese

  • Victor Junnan Pan und Bin Zhu
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Micro- and Macro-variation of Causal Clauses
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Abstract

This chapter examines problems and issues related to the syntax of causal-consequent clauses in Chinese. Conjunctions that introduce these clauses in Chinese do not form a homogeneous syntactic category: Some are analyzed as complementizers, whereas the others as prepositions. Furthermore, both orders, “causal clause > consequent clause” and “consequent clause > causal clause”, are observed in Chinese and we will argue that there is not necessarily any derivational relation between them. A causal clause will be analyzed as an adjunct to a consequent clause. Sentence-final particles in Chinese head different types of functional projections in the left-periphery and they can take a causal or a consequent clause as their complement. The interaction between clauses and particles will also be examined in detail.

Abstract

This chapter examines problems and issues related to the syntax of causal-consequent clauses in Chinese. Conjunctions that introduce these clauses in Chinese do not form a homogeneous syntactic category: Some are analyzed as complementizers, whereas the others as prepositions. Furthermore, both orders, “causal clause > consequent clause” and “consequent clause > causal clause”, are observed in Chinese and we will argue that there is not necessarily any derivational relation between them. A causal clause will be analyzed as an adjunct to a consequent clause. Sentence-final particles in Chinese head different types of functional projections in the left-periphery and they can take a causal or a consequent clause as their complement. The interaction between clauses and particles will also be examined in detail.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface and acknowledgments vii
  4. Chapter 1. Outline of the volume 1
  5. Part I. Setting the scene
  6. Chapter 2. Adverbial clauses and their variation 15
  7. Part II. Synchronic variation
  8. Chapter 3. Types of German causal clauses and their syntactic-semantic layers 51
  9. Chapter 4. Pragmatic subordination 101
  10. Chapter 5. English rationale since and a reassessment of the typology of adverbial clauses 129
  11. Chapter 6. Expressing non-volitional causality in English 167
  12. Chapter 7. Layers of subordinate clauses 184
  13. Chapter 8. On the syntax of causal clauses in Mandarin Chinese 221
  14. Chapter 9. Three ReasonPs 250
  15. Part III. Diachrony
  16. Chapter 10. On the divergent developments of two German causal subjunctions 269
  17. Chapter 11. Factors for the integration of causal clauses in the history of German 311
  18. Language index 347
  19. Subject index 348
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.231.08pan

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface and acknowledgments vii
  4. Chapter 1. Outline of the volume 1
  5. Part I. Setting the scene
  6. Chapter 2. Adverbial clauses and their variation 15
  7. Part II. Synchronic variation
  8. Chapter 3. Types of German causal clauses and their syntactic-semantic layers 51
  9. Chapter 4. Pragmatic subordination 101
  10. Chapter 5. English rationale since and a reassessment of the typology of adverbial clauses 129
  11. Chapter 6. Expressing non-volitional causality in English 167
  12. Chapter 7. Layers of subordinate clauses 184
  13. Chapter 8. On the syntax of causal clauses in Mandarin Chinese 221
  14. Chapter 9. Three ReasonPs 250
  15. Part III. Diachrony
  16. Chapter 10. On the divergent developments of two German causal subjunctions 269
  17. Chapter 11. Factors for the integration of causal clauses in the history of German 311
  18. Language index 347
  19. Subject index 348
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