2006
DOI: 10.1007/s10831-005-4916-5
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Adverbs in A-not-A Questions in Mandarin Chinese

Abstract: This paper argues that the distribution of adverbs in A-not-A questions bears on the base-position of an abstract morpheme Q and is subject to the same general locality condition on variable binding. It claims that adverbs that have semantic relations with an element in the clause or the clause itself mostly allow inference and interact syntactically with the A-not-A operator, whereas those having no such relations do not. It shows that the lack of syntactic interaction between temporal and locative adverbs on… Show more

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“…Regarding the derivation of an A-not-A question, Huang (1991) argues that A-not-A questions have an INFL, or a VP according Ernst (1994) and Law (2006), with an interrogative feature +Q that is realized by copying a sequence immediately following INFL and then inserting the negator either bù or mé i (cf. .…”
Section: A-not-a Questionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Regarding the derivation of an A-not-A question, Huang (1991) argues that A-not-A questions have an INFL, or a VP according Ernst (1994) and Law (2006), with an interrogative feature +Q that is realized by copying a sequence immediately following INFL and then inserting the negator either bù or mé i (cf. .…”
Section: A-not-a Questionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Attributing the ungrammaticality of sentences like (3)(4)(5)(6)(7) to the semantic interpretation crash caused by the constraint (8) equals to admitting the intended meaning expressed by these sentences are logically reasonable. The problem is that the intended meaning expressed by sentences like (3-7) are intuitively absurd, as shown by the odd English translations.…”
Section: (8) *[Cp…anai …Adv… [Vp' Ti [Vp……]]mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It's said that temporal and locative adverbs can appear before the A-not-A form (abbrev. as ANA form), while most adverbs, i.e., those expressing manner, degree, aspect, frequency, modal and so on cannot, as shown by examples (1)(2) and (3)(4)(5)(6)(7) respectively.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…As (24) demonstrates, proper names, pronouns and temporal/locative adverbs can legitimately c-command weishenme. These are expressions that have long been known to allow for a topic reading (Ernst 1994;Law 2006).…”
Section: Topical Quantifiers and Speech Actsmentioning
confidence: 99%