2. Restructuring at the syntax-semantics interface

Grano, Thomas; Jędrzejowski, Łukasz; Demske, Ulrike

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“…20 Grano (2012) shows that it is roughly the class of exhaustive control predicates in English which instantiate obligatory control in Mandarin. Partial control predicates tend to take what we have analysed as finite complements (which Grano 2012 analyses in a different way).…”

Section: Dp Subject Of a Non-finite Clausementioning

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“…47 The fact that this implication holds only in one direction can be attributed to the fact that there appear to be two distinct kinds of obligatory control (OC), both within and across languages -see Cinque (2006), van Urk (2010, as well as Grano (2012), Sheehan (2014Sheehan ( , 2015a. In one kind of OC, which we call exhaustive OC (observed with Icelandic and Russian case transmission and EP uninflected infinitives), the exhaustively controlled subject has the properties of a trace and the dependency may possibly be derived via A-movement (as proposed by Hornstein 1999).…”

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Nominal licensing in caseless languages

Sheehan

Wal

2018

J. Ling.

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This paper provides evidence for a kind of nominal licensing (Vergnaud licensing) in a number of morphologically caseless languages. Recent work on Bantu languages, has suggested that abstract Case or nominal licensing should be parameterised (Diercks 2012, Van der Wal 2015a). With this is mind, we critically discuss the status of Vergnaud licensing in six languages lacking morphological case and agreement. While Luganda appears to systematically lack a Vergnaud licensing requirement, Makhuwa more consistently displays evidence in favour of it, as do all of the analytic languages that we survey (Mandarin, Yoruba, Jamaican Creole and Thai). We conclude that, while it seems increasingly problematic to characterise nominal licensing in terms of uninterpretable/abstract Case features, we nonetheless need to retain a (possibly universal) notion of nominal licensing, the explanation for which remains opaque.

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Nominal licensing in caseless languages

Sheehan

Wal

2018

J. Ling.

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“…Researchers have used diagnostics such as the availability of an overt embedded subject and the interpretation of aspect markers to argue both for and against the presence of infinitival clauses in Mandarin. Using some of these diagnostics, in addition to the availability of partial control interpretations, Grano (2012Grano ( /2015 argues that the distinction between types of clauses in Mandarin is not based on finiteness, but rather based on whether there is restructuring: some complement clauses are vPs, while others are CPs. We provide new data based on the distribution and interpretation of the reflexive ziji, which suggests that there is a finite/nonfinite distinction.…”

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“…On Grano's (2012Grano's ( /2015 proposal, the complement in (1) is a vP, while the complement in (2) is a CP. 1 (2) Xiaoming i xiwang (ta j ) chi shousi.…”

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The typology of Mandarin infinitives

2016

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Abstract. There has been a long-standing debate in the literature about whether Mandarin has infinitival clauses. Since there is no verbal morphology to distinguish finite and nonfinite clauses, this is an open question. Researchers have used diagnostics such as the availability of an overt embedded subject and the interpretation of aspect markers to argue both for and against the presence of infinitival clauses in Mandarin. Using some of these diagnostics, in addition to the availability of partial control interpretations, Grano (2012Grano ( /2015 argues that the distinction between types of clauses in Mandarin is not based on finiteness, but rather based on whether there is restructuring: some complement clauses are vPs, while others are CPs. We provide new data based on the distribution and interpretation of the reflexive ziji, which suggests that there is a finite/nonfinite distinction. We argue for the existence of nonfinite control complements in Mandarin. Further, we evaluate the diagnostics used by previous researchers and illustrate that some of them are not reliable indicators of finiteness or of clause size.

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Identifying Chinese dependent clauses in the forms of subjects

Zhang

2016

J East Asian Linguist

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How is the (in)-dependence (or finiteness) of a clause identified in a language that has no tense, case, or agreement morphology, such as Chinese? This paper investigates the control verb construction and the generic sentential subject construction, bringing to light the special forms and interpretations of the subjects of the dependent clauses in the constructions. The special properties are not found in the subjects of independent clauses. Therefore, contrasts between dependent and independent clauses are attestable in the language. The paper also proposes a derived predication analysis of the interpretation patterns of embedded empty subjects of the language.

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2. Restructuring at the syntax-semantics interface

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Nominal licensing in caseless languages

Nominal licensing in caseless languages

The typology of Mandarin infinitives

Identifying Chinese dependent clauses in the forms of subjects

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