Focus on identity – the dark side of zìjĭ
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344462 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Hole (0000-0003-1325-3181, University of Potsdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| 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/tlir.2008.008 |
| OpenAlex | W2084091104 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article deals with the syntax and semantics of intensifiers in Mandarin Chinese. Intensifiers are expressions that are functionally and distributionally comparable to non-argumental x-self in English (e.g., the king himself, or do the work oneself). Mandarin examples are zìjĭ, bĕnshēn, qīnzì, or qīinkŏu. The descriptive goal is to identify the paradigm of adnominal and agentive-adverbial intensifiers in Mandarin and to determine the individual conditions of their use. On the theoretical side, I apply the analysis of intensifiers as lexicalizations of the identity function first proposed for German to the Chinese case. The identity function takes referential DPs as arguments, or, in the agentive-adverbial use, the agentive Voice head. The identity function in itself is semantically inert, but if the intensifier is focused, alternatives to the identity function come into play. These alternatives are used to explain the contextualization patterns attested for intensifier sentences. Two competing approaches to Mandarin intensifiers are reviewed and found not to be sufficient to account for the data
Adverbial · Catalan · Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Physics · Syntax · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Severing the External Argument from its Verb
Lectures on Government and Binding
Pure Reflexivity, Pure Identity, Focus and Chinese Ziji-Benshen
The Theta System – an overview
The development of complex reflexives and intensifiers in English
MME. Tussaud meets the binding theory
Chinese reflexives
The Syntax and Pragmatics of Anaphora
Reanalysing selbst
Givenness, Avoidf and Other Constraints on the Placement of Accent
A theory of focus interpretation
The Lexicon-Syntax Parameter
Rethinking the relationship between Self-intensifiers and reflexives
The Meaning of Focus Particles
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |