Reanalyzing Mandarin V 1 -V 2 resultative constructions—A force-theoretic approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20258445 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peng Han (0000-0002-2505-5601, University of Calgary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 191-222 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4131 • E-ISSN: 1710-1115 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cnj.2021.11 |
| OpenAlex | W3176553142 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
This study takes a force-theoretic approach to Mandarin V 1 -V 2 resultative constructions. Unlike event-based analyses that hold a causing event accountable for a result state, this study attributes a result state to a specific entity involved in the relevant causing event. In this way, V 1 -V 2 resultative construction (RC) sentences have the interpretation that through a causing action, one entity relevant to the action caused a change of state to another entity; this causal influence is reconceptualized as a force from the former entity, characterizing the situation change concerning the latter entity. Following Copley and Harley (2015), this conceptual reanalysis is represented structurally, successfully deriving V 1 -V 2 RC sentences. V 2 and the internal argument DP specify the property of a resultant situation and its holder, defining the force; the external argument DP tells about this force's source; V 1 modifies this force, indicating the causing action through which this force is realized
Action (physics) · Algorithm · Argument (complex analysis) · Blocking (statistics) · Causative · Epistemology · Event (particle physics) · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Physics · Property (philosophy) · Quantum mechanics · Resultative · State (computer science) · Statistics · Verb · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |