A refinement of the analysis of the resultative V-de construction in Mandarin Chinese

IF 1.1 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2024-05-08 DOI:10.1515/lingvan-2023-0018

Yehao Hu, Gong Cheng

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Abstract

This paper proposes two major modifications to previous analyses of the resultative V-de construction in Mandarin Chinese. First, while -de is argued to be prepositional in nature, it is shown at the same time that -de is different from other regular prepositions in that the former, but not the latter, undergoes head movement in a resultative. To reconcile these apparently conflicting observations, we propose to treat -de as the exponent of a prepositional categorizer. Second, we argue that a small clause analysis of the resultative V-de construction is not only conceptually motivated by the Direct Object Restriction but also empirically supported by the fact that it can participate in the bǎ alternation, as with constructions that are canonically assumed to contain a small clause.

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对普通话中结果式 V-de 结构分析的改进

本文对以前对汉语普通话中结果式 V-de 结构的分析提出了两点重大修改。首先，虽然-de 在本质上被认为是介词，但同时也证明了-de 与其他常规介词的不同之处，即前者而非后者在结果状语中会发生头部移动。为了调和这些明显相互矛盾的观察结果，我们建议将-de 视为介词分类器的指数。其次，我们认为对结果式 V-de 结构的小分句分析不仅在概念上受到 "直接宾语限制"（Direct Object Restriction）的激励，而且在经验上也得到了支持，因为它可以参与 bǎ 交替，就像那些被认为包含小分句的结构一样。

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2.00

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18.20%

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105

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