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Order and Constituency in Mandarin Chinese (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
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Order and Constituency in Mandarin Chinese (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 19
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Recent developments in generative grammar have been very
stimulating. The current theory defines a small set of principles
that apply to all human languages. Efforts have been made to
demonstrate the adequacy of this theory for a wide range of
languages. We thus see an interesting interface of theory and
empirical data: the study of natural languages contributes to
defining the properties of Universal Grammar and the predictions of
the theory help in uncovering generalizations regarding natural
languages. This book aims to add to this exciting development by
showing how the analysis of Mandarin Chinese constituent structures
helps to define Case Theory and how interesting generalizations
concerning Chinese grammar are uncovered through verification of
the theoretical predictions. Starting from the inadequacy of work
by Koopman, Li, and Travis on the effect of Case directionality on
word order, the book shows that a detailed study of Chinese
constituent structures allows us to reduce the phrase structure
component to a minimal statement concerning the position of the
head in a given phrase. It argues that in a given language the
constituent structures can be adequately captured by the
interaction of Case Theory, Theta Theory, Government Theory, and X
Theory. Long standing controversies concerning Chinese basic word
order are resolved by showing that underlying word order
generalizations can differ from surface word order
generalizations."
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