Journal of East Asian Linguistics最新文献

{"title":"Assessing introspective linguistic judgments quantitatively: the case of The Syntax of Chinese","authors":"Zhong Chen, Yuhang Xu, Zhiguo Xie","doi":"10.1007/s10831-020-09210-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10831-020-09210-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45331,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East Asian Linguistics","volume":"29 1","pages":"311 - 336"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10831-020-09210-y","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42590788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Agentive versus non-agentive motions immediately influence event apprehension and description: an eye-tracking study in a VOS language","authors":"Manami Sato, Keiyu Niikuni, Amy J. Schafer, Masatoshi Koizumi","doi":"10.1007/s10831-020-09205-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10831-020-09205-9","url":null,"abstract":"The embodied cognition hypothesis postulates that human cognition is fundamentally grounded in our experience of interacting with the physical world (Barsalou in Behav Brain Sci 22:577–609, 1999). Research has shown bi-directional associations between physical action and the processes of understanding language: language comprehension seems to activate implied visual and motor components (Zwaan and Taylor in J Exp Psychol Gen 135(1):1–11, 2006), and action behavior seems to facilitate the comprehension of associated action-language (Beilock et al. in Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105:13269–13273, 2008). Although numerous research studies have reported a link between action and language comprehension, the exact nature of their association remains subject to debate (Chatterjee in Lang Cognit 2:79–116, 2010). Moreover, the role of action in the production of language is under-explored, as are general language production processes in Austronesian languages. The endangered Austronesian language Truku provides typological patterns that are both under-examined in psycholinguistic research and informative for questions of language production. Truku allows flexibility in the relative location of verbs versus arguments in sentence production, and uses a symmetrical voice system that marks the prominence of different participants in an event. Working with native speakers of Truku, we tested whether performing physical motions immediately affects the conceptual saliency of the components represented in a to-be-described event in ways that guide speakers’ visual attention and shape their utterance formulation. More specifically, we investigated whether speakers’ engagement as an agent or patient in a non-speech physical action affects initial eye-fixations on agent versus patient participants in a visual scene, as well as word order and grammatical voice choices in the speakers’ descriptions of simple transitive events. The results revealed significant effects of physical action on the relative location and prominence of agents in subsequent sentence formulation, and on online patterns of eye fixations. These results provide further support for language-action connections in cognitive processing, and shed light on the cross-linguistic patterns of sentence production.","PeriodicalId":45331,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East Asian Linguistics","volume":"1905 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138514716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The syntax of Korean VP anaphora: an experimental investigation","authors":"Kyeong-min Kim, Chung-hye Han, Keir Moulton","doi":"10.1007/s10831-020-09203-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10831-020-09203-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45331,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East Asian Linguistics","volume":"29 1","pages":"31 - 76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10831-020-09203-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52410492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cartographic syntax of performative projections: evidence from Cantonese","authors":"Sze-Wing Tang","doi":"10.1007/s10831-019-09202-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10831-019-09202-7","url":null,"abstract":"It is argued in this paper that a sentence should consist of at least three layers, namely proposition, grounding, and response, which are formed by a number of functional categories, such as Event, Temp, Focus, Degree, and CoA. A cartographic analysis of the performative projections can be supported by the data of the sentence-final particles in Cantonese, focusing on the sentence-final particle <i>ho</i> and other members of the <i>h</i>-family, which may allow us to have a better understanding of the syntax of the speech act domain and should have implications for the cross-linguistic study of the performatives and the theory of the Universal Grammar.","PeriodicalId":45331,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East Asian Linguistics","volume":"57 7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138514730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reduced NP comparatives in Korean and their implications.","authors":"Duk-Ho An","doi":"10.1007/s10831-020-09213-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10831-020-09213-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this paper, I examine a novel type of comparative construction in Korean, namely, reduced NP comparatives (RNC), and consider its implications. On the surface, RNC may appear to be a case of the usual NP comparative construction in that two NPs are involved. But, unlike typical NP comparatives, the element bearing the marker of the standard of comparison in RNC does not directly participate in the comparison, i.e., there is a mismatch between the standard and pivot. I argue this is due to the fact that the standard is reduced to leave only the pivot on the surface, hence the name \"reduced\" NP comparatives. I also argue that one of the factors that determines the availability of RNC is the notion of comparability, which is based on whether or not the compared elements can be associated with the same scale, where the scale is part of the semantics of the gradable predicate (Cf. Kennedy 2009). The interesting twist is that RNC is possible only if the relevant elements are not comparable with each other, i.e., they should denote different types of objects that cannot be associated with the same scale. Adopting Merchant's (The syntax of silence: sluicing, islands, and the theory of ellipsis. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001, Linguist Philos 27:661-738, 2004, J Greek Linguist 9:134-164, 2009, among others) move-and-delete approach to various ellipsis constructions, I propose a move-and-delete analysis of RNC, where the pivot undergoes movement, followed by deletion of the rest of the standard. The discussion also has implications for NP-ellipsis in Korean.</p>","PeriodicalId":45331,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East Asian Linguistics","volume":"29 3","pages":"337-364"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10831-020-09213-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38298575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of covert pied-piping in Sinhala and Japanese Wh-questions","authors":"H. Morita","doi":"10.1007/s10831-019-09197-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10831-019-09197-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45331,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East Asian Linguistics","volume":"28 1","pages":"307 - 356"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10831-019-09197-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47121207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Papers on Seediq: Grammar and processing","authors":"Kate-Leigh Pilson","doi":"10.1007/s10831-019-09201-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10831-019-09201-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45331,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East Asian Linguistics","volume":"28 1","pages":"357 - 357"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10831-019-09201-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48940547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Labeling and verb-initial word order in Seediq","authors":"E. Aldridge","doi":"10.1007/s10831-019-09199-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10831-019-09199-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45331,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East Asian Linguistics","volume":"28 1","pages":"359 - 394"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10831-019-09199-z","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41750008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Syntax and processing in Seediq: an event-related potential study","authors":"Masataka Yano, Keiyu Niikuni, Hajime Ono, Manami Sato, A. Tang, Masatoshi Koizumi","doi":"10.1007/s10831-019-09200-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10831-019-09200-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45331,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East Asian Linguistics","volume":"28 1","pages":"395 - 419"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10831-019-09200-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44490304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A structural account of the difference between achievements and accomplishments: evidence from Changsha Xiang Chinese","authors":"Man Lu, Anikó Lipták, Rint Sybesma","doi":"10.1007/s10831-019-09196-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10831-019-09196-2","url":null,"abstract":"This paper offers an analysis of <i>ka</i>⁴¹, an aspectual element in Changsha Xiang Chinese. It is argued that this element occupies a position in the inner-aspectual structure of the clause, between the higher aspectual marker <i>ta</i>²¹ and the lower elements expressing a lexical result (like <i>clean</i> in <i>wash clean</i>). On the basis of its co-occurrence with various verb types, we treat <i>ka</i>⁴¹ as an achievement marker: when present, it blocks any reading in which the denoted event proceeds along a multi-point scale, allowing only the instantaneous, two-point scale reading in which the beginning and the endpoint of the event coincide. On the basis of its syntactic distribution we argue that the syntactic position <i>ka</i>⁴¹ occupies is an intermediate aspectual projection (Asp2P) in the inner aspect domain, which is sandwiched between the lowest inner aspectual projection dedicated to telicity and the highest one signaling perfectivity (or realization of the end point). We review the implications of the analysis for the aspectual domain of Mandarin clauses and point out that the intermediate inner aspectual projection (Asp2P) we introduce for Changsha appears to be a suitable syntactic position for the structural analysis of the small set of grammaticalized items generally known as “Phase complements” as well.","PeriodicalId":45331,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East Asian Linguistics","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2019-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138514723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}