Wei Yan

A Comparison of English Passives and Chinese bei-Constructions

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Produktbeschreibung

The purpose of this research is to develop and motivate a theory of passive constructions under Minimalism. This theory includes three proposals: firstly, accusative Case is available in passives; secondly, nominative Case takes priority over accusative; finally, a Passive Phrase exists between TP/VP and vP. English passives and Chinese bei-constructions are analyzed based on the Agree and Phase system in Chomsky's recent framework, Minimalist Inquiries. In conclusion, a unitary syntactic structure and derivational process of English passives and Chinese bei-constructions are developed. The passive functional category is phonologically covert in English while overtly realized as bei in Chinese. They both head a strong Phase and have an EPP-feature and a specifier. They also have the same selectional properties: they can be selected by T or V and take a vP without a specifier as their complement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scholar's Press
• Seitenzahl: 68
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 119g
• ISBN-13: 9783639860702
• ISBN-10: 3639860705
• Artikelnr.: 44113283

Autorenporträt

Wei Yan is a Research Assistant and Project Coordinator at Queen's University, Canada. He earned his MEd from Queen's and he also holds an MA from Yonsei University, South Korea. He was a language teacher and have taught English, Korean, and Chinese to various age groups. He is actively involved in research on language assessment and achievement.