Coordination versus separation
Difference of gapping between Chinese and English and its prosodic attribution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Baopeng Ma (0000-0001-8788-9292, Linyi University), Di Zhang (0000-0002-9199-5634, Linyi University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 361-403 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Linguistic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/tlr-2023-2005 |
| OpenAlex | W4386308019 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 39 |
In this paper, we have analyzed a whole set of data of gapping in Mandarin Chinese from a novel point of view and fleshed out a bi-sentential derivation analysis for the formation of this construction. While taking the canonical gapping in English as a reference, we have explored some idiomatic properties of the relevant structures in Chinese and summarized core differences: the gapping constructions in English follow a strict rule of sentence grammar while those of Chinese have demonstrated kind of inter-sentential effect. We propose that such differences can be attributed to the prosodic factors: The Constraint on Sentential Intonation in Chinese (CSIC for short), firstly proposed in Feng (Feng, Shengli. 2017. Hanyu jufa zhongyin yudiao xianghu zuoyong de yufa xiaoying. ‘On grammatical effects of interactions between intonation, stress and syntax’. Yuyan Jiaoxue yu Yanjiu [Language Teaching and Linguistic Study] (1). 1–15), bans the occurrence of the coordinate [VP & VP] structures, and thus two parallel but separate sentences are used in the contexts where a sentence with VP coordination in English is used. Then, the verb in the second sentence is deleted at PF under the identity condition. Consequently, the gapping structures thus formed demonstrate their own unique properties and are different from the canonical gapping in English. The result of our discussion indicates that prosody can play a role in accounting for language specificities as well as cross-linguistic variations
Grammar · Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Natural language processing · Prosody · Sentence · Syntax · Verb · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
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The Syntax‐Phonology Interface
The Fine Structure of the Left Periphery
Intonation and Prosodic Structure
The (Non-)Existence of Gapping in Chinese and Its Implications for the Theory of Gapping
Prosodically constrained postverbal PPs in Mandarin Chinese
The focus and prosodic structure of German Right Node Raising and Gapping
Phonological Effects on Syntactic Variation
Intonational phrasing
Gapping as hypothetical reasoning
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The Interrogative Left Periphery
Prosody and sentencehood in Chinese
Topic-Comment Structure, Focus Movement, and Gapping Formation
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Gapping Is Not (VP-) Ellipsis
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Contrast and Island Sensitivity in Clausal Ellipsis
Clauses in Noncanonical Positions at the Syntax-Phonology Interface
Verb gapping in Chinese
Pseudogapping, Parallelism, and the Scope of Focus
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |