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The wh/q-polarity adverb daodi in Mandarin Chinese and the syntax of focus
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Paul Law
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December 1, 2008
Abstract
This article argues that the distribution of the wh/q-polarity adverb daodi in Chinese cannot be given an analysis in which it moves at LF. It shows that daodi is subject to a structural and locality constraint similar to that for the focus marker shi. They both have the scope-restricting function on the A-not-A predicate or the wh-phrase it is associated with. The long-distance and island effects which daodi apparently exhibits are not due to its being moved, but can be explained as cases of parentheticals or violations of the locality condition on focus or of selectional restriction.
Published Online: 2008-12-01
Published in Print: 2008-November
©Walter de Gruyter
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- Guest editor's note
- Deconstructing the shì … de construction
- Focus on identity – the dark side of zìjĭ
- The wh/q-polarity adverb daodi in Mandarin Chinese and the syntax of focus
- On parts of speech in Chinese: gen
- The serial verb construction in Chinese: A tenacious myth and a Gordian knot
- Shi … de focus clefts in Mandarin Chinese
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- Language index
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