Pairing Degree-WH Clauses in Mandarin

Q3 Arts and Humanities

Studies in Chinese Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI:10.2478/scl-2021-0004

N. Zhang

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Abstract In Mandarin, if two-degree wh-question-like clauses are combined, the wh-phrases do not have a question reading. This paper argues that such a paired-wh declarative is an equative comparison construction, like the as…as equative in English, and the first clause denotes the standard of the comparison. Such declaratives, like a degree comparison construction, are derived by the occurrence of a comparison quantifier, and predicate abstraction applies to each clause. The paired wh-forms are the variables. This research shows that Mandarin does have degree quantificational comparison constructions, and it is possible for both clauses of a comparison construction to have a wh-form.

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汉语配对学位- wh从句

摘要在普通话中，如果将两个程度的wh-疑问从句组合在一起，wh短语就没有疑问阅读。本文认为，这种成对的wh-陈述性是一种等价的比较结构，就像英语中的as…as equivative一样，第一句表示比较的标准。像度比较结构一样，这种声明词是由比较量词的出现派生的，谓词抽象适用于每个子句。成对的wh形式是变量。研究表明，汉语中确实存在程度量化的比较结构，而且比较结构的两个分句都可能具有wh形式。

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Studies in Chinese Linguistics Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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