Property Theory, Adjectives, and Modification in Chinese

Huang, Shi-Zhe

doi:10.1007/s10831-006-9002-0

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“…We do not need to make this assumption (and Grano (2012) explicitly argues against it) though it is compatible with our overall approach to transitive comparatives. See also Huang (2006); Gu (2008); Liu (2010b) for various approaches to the analysis of hen. 18 On both this implementation and the second one below, our example representations use the measure phrase liang cun 'two inch', which we analyze as a DP.…”

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Mandarin transitive comparatives and the grammar of measurement

Grano

Kennedy

2012

J East Asian Linguist

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Mandarin Chinese has two strategies for forming comparatives of superiority: one in which the standard of comparison is introduced by the morpheme bi, and one that resembles a transitive verb construction, in which the standard of comparison directly follows a gradable adjective. The 'transitive comparative' exhibits two special restrictions: the predicate must be one that accepts differential measure phrases, and the measure phrase must be overt. We argue that these facts support an analysis of the syntax of the adjectival projection in which gradable adjectives do not project degree arguments, as typically assumed, but do so only in combination with a covert morpheme l. Building on the proposal that argument DPs in Mandarin require Case, we hypothesize that there are (at least) two case assigners for standards of comparison in Mandarin: the overt morpheme bi and the covert morpheme l found in transitive comparatives.

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Mandarin transitive comparatives and the grammar of measurement

Grano

Kennedy

2012

J East Asian Linguist

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“…We adopt Huang's (2006) compositional semantics for noun compounds. Following Heim and Kratzer (1998), Huang proposes that modification is a case of conjunction/intersection, which requires sameness of types.…”

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A Note on Reference to Kinds in Mandarin: the N-lei_kindCompound

2017

Studies in Chinese Linguistics

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This squib examines a special kind-referring expression in Mandarin Chinese, the N-lei kind compound. We show that like Mandarin bare nouns, N-lei kind compounds also denote kinds, but they can only be instantiated by sets of (sub) kind entities at type , and not sets of individuals at type . Specifically, those kind entities belong to basic-level categories in some folk taxonomy. We claim that N-lei is the nominalization counterpart of the classifier phrase lei-N, and it denotes superkinds, which are instantiated by sets of subkind entities. Accordingly, Mandarin bare nouns are comparable to bare plurals in English, whereas N-lei is comparable to definite singulars in English.

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“…According to Huang (2006), the sole function of hen as a type-shifting operator is to repair type mismatch. This means that hen in hen+N is thoroughly bleached in meaning to the extent that it does not have any lexical semantic meaning, including a degree meaning that counts as positive in the context.…”

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“…The morpheme hen in this environment (hen+A) is usually described as a sentence-completing element or the most neutral 'positive degree marker' (Xiandai Hanyu Xuci Lishi, 1982:243-244;Sybesma, 1997:[ 2 _ T D $ D I F F ] 228-229, 1999:[ 4 _ T D $ D I F F ] 26-27), whose meaning and function have recently stimulated great interests from formal semanticists (Huang, 2006;Gu, 2008;Liu, 2010;Grano, to appear). Among the above studies, Huang's (2006Huang's ( , 2008 proposal touches on hen in hen+N structure.…”

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Type shifting, Chinese hen+N structure, and implications for semantic parameters

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2011

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Property Theory, Adjectives, and Modification in Chinese

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Mandarin transitive comparatives and the grammar of measurement

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Type shifting, Chinese hen+N structure, and implications for semantic parameters

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Type shifting, Chinese hen+N structure, and implications for semantic parameters

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