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VISUALIZING CROSS-LINGUISTIC READING BRAINS: UNIVERSALITY AND INTERACTIVE SPECIFICITIES Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Jun Ren Lee, Wen-Jui Kuo, Rose Ru-Whui Lee, Ovid J. L. Tzeng
The universality and specificity of cross-linguistic reading have always been a topic of interest to researchers. The earliest controversies started with the issue of whether speech recoding is required for reading non-alphabetic scripts, for example, Chinese and Kanji, whether it is possible to directly access the semantic meaning of a word from orthography without speech recoding, and whether reading
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Making some progress on the progressive aspect zài in Mandarin Chinese Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Waltraud Paul, Shanshan Yan
Taking into account data hitherto neglected, this article examines the progressive aspect zài 在 in Mandarin Chinese and related issues. We argue in favour of the constituency [ AspP zài 在 [V-zhe 着]] and demonstrate important syntactic and semantic differences between the progressive aspect zài 在 and the durative aspect -zhe 着 . Importantly, unlike ‘zài 在 V’, ‘V-zhe 着’ is only acceptable as the sole
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Does Chinese Need Two Structures for Classifiers? A Case Study Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Dandan Tan
The syntactic structure of the classifiers in Chinese has been assumed or argued to be left-branching, right-branching or mixed. This article examines three facts-number-classfier-de, the use of duo ‘extra, more’ and the conditional deletion of number––which are regarded by Xuping Li (2013) as evidence for the mixed structures. It is shown that the purported facts are partial and, when more related
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不定冠词"个"与江西上饶广丰话的 三种无定名词短语 (In Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Qingwen Zhang, Cui Jiang
摘要 作为吴语西部地区的分支方言,江西上饶广丰话在表达无定语法意 义时与其他方言有很大不同:除了常见的“一量名”短语和省略数 词“一 形成的“量名”短语外,广丰话还可使用“个量名”短语。 从音系、句法和语义三个角度对“一量名”和“个量名”短语的观 察发现,虽然广丰话中的“一”和“个”还保留了数词“一”的解 读 但就语法性质而言 ,它们都基本上演化为 了不定冠词。从“个 量 名”的句法表现 可以推测,“个”的不定冠词用法是通用量词语 法化的结果,这与之前发现的“量名”短语在许多方言中表有定意 义、量词正逐渐演化为准定冠词的情况完全不同,可看作是对汉语 方言指称系统和量词语法研究的重要补充。“一量名”和“个量名” 短语目前在广丰话中处于两者共存,相互竞争的局面,这一情况应 该是广丰话同时受到上饶话和闽北、闽中地区方言影响的结果 。
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江西吉水方言连-介词"做(伴)" 的功能和语义演变 Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 李桂兰
摘要 江西吉水方言的“做”有普通话“和”的介词和连词功能,可引出协 同对象、言谈对象、比较对象和并列对象。连-介词“做”的功能一般 可以用“做伴(/嘙/得)”替换。文章以“做”为代表观察“做”及双音 节形式的功能后指出,“做”是“做伴”语音弱化的结果,伴随介词“做 伴[ʦɿ31-51 phon512-20]”源于相伴义动词“做伴[ʦɿ31-33 phon512]”,即在突 显协同对象的连谓结构中,动词前的“做伴”发展出伴随介词功能, 并发展出其他功能。考察发现,连-介词“做”及双音节形式也见于吉 水周边的赣方言、吴方言和徽语,汉语方言中广泛存在相伴义动词发 展出连-介词功能这种现象。
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The Role of Breathy Voice in Hmu Tone Perception Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Wen Liu, Gang Peng, Jiangping Kong
Previous studies on tone perception have mainly focused on the role of F0, while there are few but increasing studies on the effect of non-modal phonation. This study investigates the role of non-modal phonation in perceiving the five level tones used in Hmu, in which the lowest level tone (T11) is often referred to as “breathy voice”. First, an acoustic analysis was conducted on those tones to determine
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The Role of the Copula 是 si7 In the Construal Of Focus Structure in Early Southern Min Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Chinfa Lien
The paper explores the role of the copula 是 si7 in the interpretation of the focus structure in early Southern Min playscripts. I examine the configuration of 是 si7 with respect to a range of functional/lexical categories such as kinds of adverbs, types of modals, voice (featuring causativity and passitivity), aspect, and negation as well as verb and noun phrases. I also put forward tree structures
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Ten cases of continuum in language Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Feng Shi, Dazuo Wang
Continuum is a one-dimensional pattern with a concise form and the significance of universality. “Prototype Theory” considers the members with the most common characteristics as the core members of one category, and all members of that category share some similar family features. Furthermore, quantum logic revised the classical logic law of “excluded middle” to the law of “included middle”, which provides
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Quest for the essence of Chinese grammar Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 James H-Y. Tai
Some key issues in the analysis of Chinese grammars in the past five decades are identified and discussed from typological perspectives. They include 1) the wordhood in「字」and 「詞」, and word formation; 2) parts of speech; 3) syntactic pivots (topic, subject, and object); 4) active vs. passive voice; 5) cognitive principles of word order; 6) SOV vs. SVO. Typological characterizations of Chinese are also
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GUTTURAL FRICATIVES AND INITIAL *w- IN COMMON MǏN Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 W. South Coblin
In his earlier Proto-Mǐn reconstructed phonological system the late Professor Jerry Norman posited three guttural fricative initials, i.e., *x-, *h-, and *-h-. In early unpublished manuscripts dealing with this system, *x- was classed as velar, while *h- and *-h- were described as laryngeals. Initial *x- was characterized as voiceless and *h- and *-h- as voiced. In Norman (1974), however, *h- was transcribed
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WH & SELF: ON CORRELATING WH-CONDITIONALS AND REFLEXIVE DOUBLING Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai
Chinese wh-conditionals hold a very special status in linguistic typology. Cheng and Huang (1996) argues that the construction can be properly analyzed by treating a pair of identical wh-expressions as syntactic variables unselectively bound by an implicit necessity operator. Over the years, this line of thinking has been challenged by various proposals based on the comparison with indefinites, correlatives
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TRACING VARIATION IN OLD CHINESE: WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WAS "YǍYÁN 雅言"? Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Wolfgang Behr
Based on the single pre-Qin attestation of the compound yǎyán 雅言 in the Confucian Analects (Lúnyǔ 論語 7.18) the idea of a normative spoken standard language is often projected back by early modern and modern authors into remote pre-imperial antiquity. An overview of the conceptual history of the term and of the competing etymologies of yǎ in early Chinese texts is offered in order to problematize this
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Exploring the Low Applicative Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Yafei Li, Zhe Chen
摘要 Pylkkäne把施用结构分为高低两层,为处理施用论元的跨语言语法行为提供了新的视角和分析方法。然而,其对低层施用词素ApplL的处理方法存在多重根本性问题,其中最显著的问题是在语义上把ApplL 当作VP的论元,但在句法上却当作VP的内部成分。这显然与论元关系所呈现出的句法-语义高度一致性相违背。针对这些问题,本文提出了新的解决方案,设定了ApplL的两个功能:1)引进施用论元,并界定施用论元和受事论元之间的所有者和被所有者关系;2)核查V所指称的事件是否允准所有者关系的转移。这两大功能决定了ApplL和V之间不可能存在论元关系或修饰关系,而只能把两种独立的语法信息直接叠加,共同构成相关句法成分的核心内容。令ApplL类比φ特征,V类比T,两者组合构成V-ApplL。在句法语义规则限制下,组合结果既能解释低层施用论元的语法语义行为,又能避免Pylkkänen理论的弊病。
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Exploring the Low Applicative Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Yafei Li, Zhe Chen
摘要 Pylkkäne把施用结构分为高低两层,为处理施用论元的跨语言语法行为提供了新的视角和分析方法。然而,其对低层施用词素ApplL的处理方法存在多重根本性问题,其中最显著的问题是在语义上把ApplL 当作VP的论元,但在句法上却当作VP的内部成分。这显然与论元关系所呈现出的句法-语义高度一致性相违背。针对这些问题,本文提出了新的解决方案,设定了ApplL的两个功能:1)引进施用论元,并界定施用论元和受事论元之间的所有者和被所有者关系;2)核查V所指称的事件是否允准所有者关系的转移。这两大功能决定了ApplL和V之间不可能存在论元关系或修饰关系,而只能把两种独立的语法信息直接叠加,共同构成相关句法成分的核心内容。令ApplL类比φ特征,V类比T,两者组合构成V-ApplL。在句法语义规则限制下,组合结果既能解释低层施用论元的语法语义行为,又能避免Pylkkänen理论的弊病。
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Various Measures and the Distinction Of Tense and Lax Contrasts: The Case of Zhoucheng Bai Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Xuan Li, Feng Wang
The acoustic characteristics of the tense and lax contrasts have been studied extensively, and different measures were attested to be related, but few of these studies discussed different measures together and explored their relationships. Three of the eight tones in Zhoucheng Bai (i.e., T2, T6, and T7) are marked as tense tones, while the rest are lax tones. Based on Electroglottographic (EGG) and
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Various Measures and the Distinction Of Tense and Lax Contrasts: The Case of Zhoucheng Bai Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Xuan Li, Feng Wang
The acoustic characteristics of the tense and lax contrasts have been studied extensively, and different measures were attested to be related, but few of these studies discussed different measures together and explored their relationships. Three of the eight tones in Zhoucheng Bai (i.e., T2, T6, and T7) are marked as tense tones, while the rest are lax tones. Based on Electroglottographic (EGG) and
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A Study of the Nasality of Sound of Shuangfeng Dialect Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Xianming Bei
The article uses the nasometer to analyze systematically the monophthongs, diphthongs, nasalized vowels, non-nasal voiced consonants, and nasal consonants of Shuangfeng dialect. Through the investigation of nasality, we find that it is a dialect with high value of nasality, and its nasality is gradually weakening. The nasality of vowels is related to the position of the tongue. The degree of nasality
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Acoustic Correlates of Prominence In Kala Lizu (Tibeto-burman) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Katia Chirkova, Pei-Yu Hou, Rada Chirkova, Angélique Amelot
This study investigates acoustic correlates of prominence in Lizu (Tibeto-Burman). Lizu has been argued to have a hybrid prosodic system combining lexical tone on monosyllabic words and prominence patterns with stress-like and tonal characteristics on polysyllabic words, although empirical evidence is lacking. This study presents an acoustic investigation of the pitch patterns on disyllabic words in
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The Functional Load of Chinese Tones and the Tonal Evolution Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Juan Liu, Chao Kong, William S-Y. Wang
This study calculated the functional load of Chinese tones in different contexts by using an extensive corpus and the Markov model-based “Hockett-Wang algorithm”. The results show that, compared to vowels and consonants, tones carry the smallest functional load. In tones that are associated with monosyllabic, bi-syllabic, and multi-syllabic words, the functional load is inversely related to the number
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Reconstructions of Ancient Chinese Revisited: From a Perspective of Similarity Calculation on Doculects Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Qibin Ran
Eight reconstruction systems for Old Chinese and Middle Chinese raised by Bernhard Karlgren, Wang Li, Li Fang-Kuei, Tung T’ungho, Chou Fa-kao, Zhengzhang Shangfang, Pan Wuyun and Baxter-Sagart are revisited in this paper. Taking 60 doculects of balanced Modern Chinese dialects as reference, similarities between Old Chinese, Middle Chinese and modern Chinese dialects are calculated with ASJP tools.
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A Study of the Nasality of Sound of Shuangfeng Dialect Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Xianming Bei
The article uses the nasometer to analyze systematically the monophthongs, diphthongs, nasalized vowels, non-nasal voiced consonants, and nasal consonants of Shuangfeng dialect. Through the investigation of nasality, we find that it is a dialect with high value of nasality, and its nasality is gradually weakening. The nasality of vowels is related to the position of the tongue. The degree of nasality
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Acoustic Correlates of Prominence In Kala Lizu (Tibeto-burman) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Katia Chirkova, Pei-Yu Hou, Rada Chirkova, Angélique Amelot
This study investigates acoustic correlates of prominence in Lizu (Tibeto-Burman). Lizu has been argued to have a hybrid prosodic system combining lexical tone on monosyllabic words and prominence patterns with stress-like and tonal characteristics on polysyllabic words, although empirical evidence is lacking. This study presents an acoustic investigation of the pitch patterns on disyllabic words in
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The Functional Load of Chinese Tones and the Tonal Evolution Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Juan Liu, Chao Kong, William S-Y. Wang
This study calculated the functional load of Chinese tones in different contexts by using an extensive corpus and the Markov model-based “Hockett-Wang algorithm”. The results show that, compared to vowels and consonants, tones carry the smallest functional load. In tones that are associated with monosyllabic, bi-syllabic, and multi-syllabic words, the functional load is inversely related to the number
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Reconstructions of Ancient Chinese Revisited: From a Perspective of Similarity Calculation on Doculects Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Qibin Ran
Eight reconstruction systems for Old Chinese and Middle Chinese raised by Bernhard Karlgren, Wang Li, Li Fang-Kuei, Tung T’ungho, Chou Fa-kao, Zhengzhang Shangfang, Pan Wuyun and Baxter-Sagart are revisited in this paper. Taking 60 doculects of balanced Modern Chinese dialects as reference, similarities between Old Chinese, Middle Chinese and modern Chinese dialects are calculated with ASJP tools.
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A Research on Generative Mechanism Of Synthetic Compounds: From a Perspective of Stylistic-Register Grammar (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Chunhong Shi
Both the structural characteristics and grammaticality issues of synthetic compounds OVN and VON have been fully discussed from perspectives of formal syntax, prosodic grammar and multiple interactions among syntax, prosody and semantics. However, there is still a lot of controversy. This paper puts forward a new analysis based on existing studies and aims to provide a more consistent description and
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On Focality of the Imperfective Marker Zai Wu-Li in Xiang Dialect and Its Grammaticalization (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Yunhua Wang
Zai wu-li (literally “in the house”) in Xiang dialect can be used to denote the progressiveness of an act in a particular time point, and the continuity or habituality of an act in a period of time, and can co-occur with adjectives to indicate a certain state. It displays a feature of low focality. Competing with zai zhe-er/na-er (meaning here/there), zai wu-li has undergone a dynamic evolution of
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A Set of "以" Indicating "Consider" —A Proposal of "以" Without "Too" in The Meaning (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Liuan Yang, Fengbin Yang
In “三月无君则吊,不以急乎” (Did not this condoling, on being three months unemployed by a ruler, show a too great urgency to you?) from Mencius, “以” is commonly interpreted as 太 (too), bearing the same connotation with the “以” in “不以泰乎” (is it too excessive), also from Mencius, in an identical structure “adverb+ 以+adjective(+ 乎)”. The contexts of “不以泰乎”, “如其道,则舜受尧之天下,不以为泰。子以 为泰乎” (Shun accepted the Empire from
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A Comparative Study on the Sentence Expression of Causative in Qingwen Zhiyao Manchu and Chinese Versions (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Meilan Zhang, Mo Li
Manchu causative sentence is formed by the affix “bu” after the verbal root. The causee has objective case mark “be” or dative case mark “de”, and constitutes causative sentence formed as “S+N+be/de+V(-bu-)”. This research discusses the expression of the affix "bu" in the translation of Manchu into Chinese in QingWenZhiYao Manchu and Chinese versions. It is found that in Manchu causative sentence,
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Contagion and Ellipsis (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Wu Fuxiang
In this paper, we discuss the process of two kinds of word meaning generating, namely “contagion” and “ellipsis”. The former (“contagion”) is generally regarded as an important way for Chinese words to acquire new meanings, while the latter (“ellipsis”) is rarely mentioned in the literature. This paper proves that the real cases of “contagion” in the evolution of Chinese word meaning are very rare
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Description and Comparison: Habitual Aspect in Lianjiang Yue Dialect (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Huayong Lin, Huachen Li, Ziwei Zhong
In Lianjiang Yue dialect, the auxiliary verb “guan1” and the aspect particle “guan2”, which place before and after verbs respectively, refer to habitual meaning. By investigating these two words, we find that in Lianjiang Yue dialect, Guigang Yue dialect and Hakka dialect, “guan” has grammaticalized from descriptive complement to habitual particle, while in Guangzhou dialect “guan” has not evolved
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Does Archaic Chinese Have a Marked Subjunctive Mood: Some Evidence From Modal Negators Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Barbara Meisterernst
This paper proposes that the distinction between indicative and subjunctive mood is expressed systematically in Archaic Chinese in negated context based on an analysis of modal negation in matrix and embedded clauses. We address the questions where subjunctive mood is hosted syntactically, and what kind of verbs require subjunctive mood in their complements. We propose that both imperatives and subjunctives
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On the XiāN/XiāN Distinction in Modern Xiang Dialects and Reconstruction in Proto-Xiang (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Rui-wen Wu
Based on the framework of the Qièyùn (切韻) system, this paper explores phonological distinctions between Grade III and Grade IV of the Shān Shè (山攝) rhyme group, namely the Xiān (仙) and Xiān (先) rhyme, in Modern Xiang . Whether the Xiān (仙)/Xiān (先) distinction exists or not in modern Xiang dialects is still under debate. These different views constitute the primary research motivation of this paper
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A Research on Generative Mechanism Of Synthetic Compounds: From a Perspective of Stylistic-Register Grammar (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Chunhong Shi
Both the structural characteristics and grammaticality issues of synthetic compounds OVN and VON have been fully discussed from perspectives of formal syntax, prosodic grammar and multiple interactions among syntax, prosody and semantics. However, there is still a lot of controversy. This paper puts forward a new analysis based on existing studies and aims to provide a more consistent description and
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On Focality of the Imperfective Marker Zai Wu-Li in Xiang Dialect and Its Grammaticalization (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Yunhua Wang
Zai wu-li (literally “in the house”) in Xiang dialect can be used to denote the progressiveness of an act in a particular time point, and the continuity or habituality of an act in a period of time, and can co-occur with adjectives to indicate a certain state. It displays a feature of low focality. Competing with zai zhe-er/na-er (meaning here/there), zai wu-li has undergone a dynamic evolution of
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A Set of "以" Indicating "Consider" —A Proposal of "以" Without "Too" in The Meaning (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Liuan Yang, Fengbin Yang
In “三月无君则吊,不以急乎” (Did not this condoling, on being three months unemployed by a ruler, show a too great urgency to you?) from Mencius, “以” is commonly interpreted as 太 (too), bearing the same connotation with the “以” in “不以泰乎” (is it too excessive), also from Mencius, in an identical structure “adverb+ 以+adjective(+ 乎)”. The contexts of “不以泰乎”, “如其道,则舜受尧之天下,不以为泰。子以 为泰乎” (Shun accepted the Empire from
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A Comparative Study on the Sentence Expression of Causative in Qingwen Zhiyao Manchu and Chinese Versions (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Meilan Zhang, Mo Li
Manchu causative sentence is formed by the affix “bu” after the verbal root. The causee has objective case mark “be” or dative case mark “de”, and constitutes causative sentence formed as “S+N+be/de+V(-bu-)”. This research discusses the expression of the affix "bu" in the translation of Manchu into Chinese in QingWenZhiYao Manchu and Chinese versions. It is found that in Manchu causative sentence,
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Contagion and Ellipsis (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Wu Fuxiang
In this paper, we discuss the process of two kinds of word meaning generating, namely “contagion” and “ellipsis”. The former (“contagion”) is generally regarded as an important way for Chinese words to acquire new meanings, while the latter (“ellipsis”) is rarely mentioned in the literature. This paper proves that the real cases of “contagion” in the evolution of Chinese word meaning are very rare
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Description and Comparison: Habitual Aspect in Lianjiang Yue Dialect (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Huayong Lin, Huachen Li, Ziwei Zhong
In Lianjiang Yue dialect, the auxiliary verb “guan1” and the aspect particle “guan2”, which place before and after verbs respectively, refer to habitual meaning. By investigating these two words, we find that in Lianjiang Yue dialect, Guigang Yue dialect and Hakka dialect, “guan” has grammaticalized from descriptive complement to habitual particle, while in Guangzhou dialect “guan” has not evolved
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Does Archaic Chinese Have a Marked Subjunctive Mood: Some Evidence From Modal Negators Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Barbara Meisterernst
This paper proposes that the distinction between indicative and subjunctive mood is expressed systematically in Archaic Chinese in negated context based on an analysis of modal negation in matrix and embedded clauses. We address the questions where subjunctive mood is hosted syntactically, and what kind of verbs require subjunctive mood in their complements. We propose that both imperatives and subjunctives
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On the XiāN/XiāN Distinction in Modern Xiang Dialects and Reconstruction in Proto-Xiang (in Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Rui-wen Wu
Based on the framework of the Qièyùn (切韻) system, this paper explores phonological distinctions between Grade III and Grade IV of the Shān Shè (山攝) rhyme group, namely the Xiān (仙) and Xiān (先) rhyme, in Modern Xiang . Whether the Xiān (仙)/Xiān (先) distinction exists or not in modern Xiang dialects is still under debate. These different views constitute the primary research motivation of this paper
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Triggering an Implied Clause: Insights from Tso in Changde Dialect Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-05-28 Qing Tang, Liu Han, Jingquan Han
This paper argues that tso in Changde dialect is a sentence final particle and its use may trigger an implied clause. It is observed that tso is only allowed in a suggestive imperative, restricted to co-occurring with the adverb ɕian先 ‘first’. Besides, xa下or ta哒alternately appears in a tso-suffixed sentence. A comparison of tso in Changde dialecct to zhe in Mandarin on the one hand and to tşe in Longhui
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On the big silent appositive time in dà NP de construction in Chinese: A compositional approach. Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Changsong Wang
This article explores the compositionality of [dà NP de] construction in Chinese. The NP should be a direct time-denoting NPTIME or an indirect time-denoting NPITIME. Following Kayne (2016), we assume there is a silent TIME following de. Meanwhile, a less-discussed use of de—that is, the equational/appositional use of de (Chao 1968), has been revived to link the silent TIME and NPTIME/NPITIME. This
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On the big silent appositive time in dà NP de construction in Chinese: A compositional approach. Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Changsong Wang
This article explores the compositionality of [dà NP de] construction in Chinese. The NP should be a direct time-denoting NPTIME or an indirect time-denoting NPITIME. Following Kayne (2016), we assume there is a silent TIME following de. Meanwhile, a less-discussed use of de—that is, the equational/appositional use of de (Chao 1968), has been revived to link the silent TIME and NPTIME/NPITIME. This
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Beyond Plural Marker: A New Approach to the Nature of -Men 们 In Linxia Dialect (In Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-05-04 Xing Liu, Chunfang Min
After investigating the usages of -men in Linxia Dialect. It is found that -men in Linxia dialect is not only used to express plurality, but also approximation, respect, exaggeration and so on. These semantics are consistent with the uses of the plural marker in Altaic Turkic family. We believe that the special usages in Linxia dialect are the result of language contact. Different from previous scholars
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Relative Clauses in Archaic Chinese Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-05-04 Chen Zhao, Futong Zhang
As is well known, all relative clauses in Modern Chinese are marked with de. Compared with Modern Chinese, Archaic Chinese seems to have a richer encoding for relative clauses. It has three possible relative markers: zhe, zhi and suo. In this article, we will approach to Archaic Chinese relatives from the perspective of formal syntax. We will argue that zhe is a subject relative pronoun and suo a VP
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The Clause-Chain and Converb in Tibetan (In Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-05-04 Mingyuan Shao
Clause-chains and converbs represent typologically distinctive ways of clause combination. Modern Tibetan has highly elaborated clause-chain and converbial structures, which are also quite unique among TibetoBurman languages. The clause-chain and converbial structures of Mdungnag Tibetan are representative in Tibetan, and their morphosyntactic features are mainly reflected in four aspects. In Mdungnag
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Beyond Plural Marker: A New Approach to the Nature of -Men 们 In Linxia Dialect (In Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-05-04 Xing Liu, Chunfang Min
After investigating the usages of -men in Linxia Dialect. It is found that -men in Linxia dialect is not only used to express plurality, but also approximation, respect, exaggeration and so on. These semantics are consistent with the uses of the plural marker in Altaic Turkic family. We believe that the special usages in Linxia dialect are the result of language contact. Different from previous scholars
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The Clause-Chain and Converb in Tibetan (In Chinese) Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-05-04 Mingyuan Shao
Clause-chains and converbs represent typologically distinctive ways of clause combination. Modern Tibetan has highly elaborated clause-chain and converbial structures, which are also quite unique among TibetoBurman languages. The clause-chain and converbial structures of Mdungnag Tibetan are representative in Tibetan, and their morphosyntactic features are mainly reflected in four aspects. In Mdungnag
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Relative Clauses in Archaic Chinese Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-05-04 Chen Zhao, Futong Zhang
As is well known, all relative clauses in Modern Chinese are marked with de. Compared with Modern Chinese, Archaic Chinese seems to have a richer encoding for relative clauses. It has three possible relative markers: zhe, zhi and suo. In this article, we will approach to Archaic Chinese relatives from the perspective of formal syntax. We will argue that zhe is a subject relative pronoun and suo a VP
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On the Syntax of the Negative Marker mei6 in Cantonese Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Sze-Wing Tang
Syntactic properties of the negative marker mei6 in the preverbal and sentence final positions in Cantonese are examined in this paper. It is argued that the preverbal mei6 is the head of NegP in the lexical layer while the sentence-final mei6 is a sentence-final particle of the temporal type in the head of TP that belongs to the inflectional layer, forming VP-Neg questions. A number of empirical facts
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On the Syntax of the Negative Marker mei6 in Cantonese Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Sze-Wing Tang
Syntactic properties of the negative marker mei6 in the preverbal and sentence final positions in Cantonese are examined in this paper. It is argued that the preverbal mei6 is the head of NegP in the lexical layer while the sentence-final mei6 is a sentence-final particle of the temporal type in the head of TP that belongs to the inflectional layer, forming VP-Neg questions. A number of empirical facts
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Four different structures for locative resultatives Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Rint Sybesma
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The personal and demonstrative pronoun “nie” in Hebei dialect Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Huayun WANG,Shuanjun AN,Yuhong SANG
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Locality effects and predictability in sentence construction: An investigation of ba sentences and SVO sentences in Mandarin Chinese Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Yu Fang,Haitao Liu
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Asymmetric form-meaning mappings in L2 acquisition of Chinese sentence-final particles ba Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Shanshan Yan,Boping Yuan
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Front vowel chain shift and the vowel rephonologization in Early Middle Chinese Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Yong Zhao
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On rhythm: Definition, representation, prediction, and verification Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 San Duanmu
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Bodily sensation and embodiment: A corpus-based study of gustatory vocabulary in Mandarin Chinese Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Yin Zhong,Chu-Ren Huang,Sicong Dong
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A unified study of verbal and adjectival -haa5 in Cantonese Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Qingwen Zhang,Jinwei Ye
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A probe-goal approach to the minimality effect in Chinese modifier V-de construction Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IF 0.229) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Zhe Fang