The word status of Chinese adjective-noun combinations

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3989638
AutoresZheng Xu (0009-0009-5264-2818, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume56
Fascículo1
Páginas207-256
Data de publicação2018-01-26
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ling-2017-0035
OpenAlexW2783924507
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas66

The status of Chinese adjective-noun combinations ([A N]) has been debated for decades. This paper argues that Chinese [A N] are word-level expressions constructed in an autonomous word formation component of the grammar. I propose a monomorphemic constraint on the adjective of [A N]. Together with evidence from the tests of modification by degree adverbs, conjunction reduction, and XP substitution, this constraint supports the wordhood of Chinese [A N]. Additional evidence is that Chinese [A N] have a potential naming function and are subject to selectional restrictions. Neither anaphoric accessibility nor the restrictions on the ordering of adjectives are reliable criteria for establishing the status of Chinese [A N]. The various properties of Chinese [A N] are accounted for under the framework of Construction Morphology (Booij, Geert. 2010.Construction Morphology. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Adjective · Chinese grammar · Constraint (computer-aided design) · Grammar · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Noun · Subject (documents) · Word formation · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation