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The issue of how interpretation results from the form and type of syntactic structures present in language is one which is central and hotly debated in both theoretical and descriptive linguistics. This volume brings together a series of eleven new cutting edge essays by leading experts in East Asian languages which shows how the study of formal structures and functional morphemes in Chinese, Japanese and Korean adds much to our general understanding of the close connections between form and interpretation. This specially commissioned collection will be of interest to linguists of all backgrounds working in the general area of syntax and language change, as well as those with a special interest in Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
The issue of how interpretation results from the form and type of
syntactic structures present in language is one which is central
and hotly debated in both theoretical and descriptive linguistics.
This volume brings together a series of eleven new cutting-edge
essays by leading experts in East Asian languages which shows how
the study of formal structures and functional morphemes in Chinese,
Japanese and Korean adds much to our general understanding of the
close connections between form and interpretation. This specially
commissioned collection will be of interest to linguists of all
backgrounds working in the general area of syntax and language
change, as well as those with a special interest in Chinese,
Japanese and Korean.
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."
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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