Semantics of Chinese Questions is the first major study of Chinese questions, especially wh-questions, within the framework of Alternative Semantics.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Hongyuan Dong is Assistant Professor of Chinese Language and Linguistics in the Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures at the George Washington University.
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List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements List of symbols List of abbreviations Chapter 1 Introduction 1. Main ideas 2. Questions and Chinese questions 3. The meaning of questions 4. Inquisitive semantics 5. Chapter overview Chapter 2 LF Movement and Binding in Chinese Questions 2.1 Chinese wh-in-situ 2.2 The LF movement theory 2.3 The binding theory 2.4 The status of the particle -ne 2.5 The diachronic semantics of the particle -ne Chapter 3 Alternative Semantics of Questions in Chinese 3.1 The alternative semantics theory 3.2 Manner and causal wh-questions 3.3 Verbal "zenme" questions 3.4 A-not-A questions 3.5 Alternative questions 3.6 Polar questions 3.7 The grammaticalization of the particle -ma 3.8 Alternative semantics and inquisitive semantics Chapter 4 Scope Marking of Questions by Phonological Prominence 4.1 Scope marking of questions phonologically in Chinese 4.2 Experimental data for the scope-marking strategy 4.3 Cross-linguistic comparisons of scope marking of wh-questions 4.4 Focus and wh-pronouns 4.5 Scope isomorphism of focus and its computational derivation Chapter 5 Revisiting the Argument-Adjunct Asymmetry 5.1 Argument-adjunct asymmetry of Chinese wh-in-situ 5.2 The nominal-adverbial asymmetry 5.3 Operator movement and its problems 5.4 A correlational account of island sensitivity 5.5 A phonological reason for adjoining to scope positions 5.6 Island constraints of A-not-A questions explained Chapter 6 A Distributional Account of Existential Wh-indefinites 6.1 Distributions of interrogative and existential wh-indefinites 6.2 Alternative semantics and existential readings of wh-indefinites 6.3 Syntactic and phonological factors that disfavor existential readings 6.4 Pragmatic reasoning and licensors of existential readings 6.5 Scope variability of Chinese existential wh-indefinites Chapter 7 Concluding Remarks 7.1 Theoretical contributions of the interface approach 7.2 Limitations and further research directions Appendix References Index
List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements List of symbols List of abbreviations Chapter 1 Introduction 1. Main ideas 2. Questions and Chinese questions 3. The meaning of questions 4. Inquisitive semantics 5. Chapter overview Chapter 2 LF Movement and Binding in Chinese Questions 2.1 Chinese wh-in-situ 2.2 The LF movement theory 2.3 The binding theory 2.4 The status of the particle -ne 2.5 The diachronic semantics of the particle -ne Chapter 3 Alternative Semantics of Questions in Chinese 3.1 The alternative semantics theory 3.2 Manner and causal wh-questions 3.3 Verbal "zenme" questions 3.4 A-not-A questions 3.5 Alternative questions 3.6 Polar questions 3.7 The grammaticalization of the particle -ma 3.8 Alternative semantics and inquisitive semantics Chapter 4 Scope Marking of Questions by Phonological Prominence 4.1 Scope marking of questions phonologically in Chinese 4.2 Experimental data for the scope-marking strategy 4.3 Cross-linguistic comparisons of scope marking of wh-questions 4.4 Focus and wh-pronouns 4.5 Scope isomorphism of focus and its computational derivation Chapter 5 Revisiting the Argument-Adjunct Asymmetry 5.1 Argument-adjunct asymmetry of Chinese wh-in-situ 5.2 The nominal-adverbial asymmetry 5.3 Operator movement and its problems 5.4 A correlational account of island sensitivity 5.5 A phonological reason for adjoining to scope positions 5.6 Island constraints of A-not-A questions explained Chapter 6 A Distributional Account of Existential Wh-indefinites 6.1 Distributions of interrogative and existential wh-indefinites 6.2 Alternative semantics and existential readings of wh-indefinites 6.3 Syntactic and phonological factors that disfavor existential readings 6.4 Pragmatic reasoning and licensors of existential readings 6.5 Scope variability of Chinese existential wh-indefinites Chapter 7 Concluding Remarks 7.1 Theoretical contributions of the interface approach 7.2 Limitations and further research directions Appendix References Index
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