Cartography and the stackability of Mandarin modals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10141547 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jackie Yan‐ki Lai (0000-0001-5781-8792, City University of Hong Kong), Xiaoli Sun (0009-0006-9592-5269, City University of Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022226725100935 |
| OpenAlex | W4414709766 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
An open question about cartography is whether one and the same functional head may iterate on the functional hierarchy. We demonstrate that the stackability of certain modals from the same semantic class in Mandarin offers clear evidence for such a possibility
Class (philosophy · Head (geology · Mandarin Chinese · Modal verb · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |