Sentence-final aspect particles as finite markers in Mandarin Chinese
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3987504 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Niina Ning Zhang (0000-0003-3872-666X, Institute of Linguistics , National Chung Cheng University , University Road 168 , Minhsiung , Taiwan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 967-1023 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ling-2019-0020 |
| OpenAlex | W2952674609 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 64 |
In Mandarin Chinese, sentence-final aspect particlesne, le, andlaizhemay occur in some types of embedded clauses, but not in other types, such as the complement of a control verb, a raising verb,lai'come' andqu'go', a non-epistemic modal, and the prepositional complementizerdui'to'. These latter types of clauses systematically show properties of nonfinite clauses in other languages. They are intrinsically embedded, banpro-drop, their clause boundaries may be invisible for binding, and they disallow a speaker-oriented adverb and an epistemic modal. The restrictions on the distribution of the particles indicate that they are used in finite clauses only, although the language has no tense or case marker. The paper argues that finite clauses show speaker-oriented properties whereas nonfinite ones do not; instead, nonfinite clauses exhibit higher-clause-oriented properties. Identifying the role of speaker in the finiteness distinction reveals the capacity of finite clauses, whether or not the capacity is marked overtly
Adverb · Complement (music) · Complementizer · Dependent clause · Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Modal · Modal verb · Non-finite clause · Raising (metalworking) · Sentence · Verb · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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Functional categories and the Chinese Infl
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Topics, assertions, and additive words
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Agreement, Shells, and Focus
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Syntax
| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |