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Prosodically Constrained Wh-Expressions and Syntax in Archaic Chinese.

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Title/Author:	Prosodically Constrained Wh-Expressions and Syntax in Archaic Chinese./
Author:	Li, Guo.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2015,
Description:	275 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 77-11, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International77-11A.
Subject:	Ancient languages. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10102941
ISBN:	9781339665665

Prosodically Constrained Wh-Expressions and Syntax in Archaic Chinese.
Li, Guo.

Prosodically Constrained Wh-Expressions and Syntax in Archaic Chinese. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2015 - 275 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 77-11, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), 2015.

This item is not available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

Wh-words and syntax of wh-questions are significant topics in Chinese linuistics.They have received a lot of attention from traditionaland generative studies.Feng (1995) proposed that prosodically-constrained syntax is a crucial mechanism. Based on this hypothesis, this paper will conduct an original and extensive research into phenomena of prosodically- constrained wh-morphology and syntax in Archaic Chines from prosody-syntax interface. Based on Prosodic Hierachy Theory, this paper will explore different prosodic units and prosodic rules in different hierarchies impose constraints on morphology and syntax of wh-words and wh-questions. The first chapter will review the history of prosodic-syntax research in the past twenty years, and then introduce the theoretical background of the whole paper. The research purpose, main points and methodology of this paper will be presented in the last section. The second chapter will discuss the syntactic contrast between HU /*ga/and HE/*gal/ in Archaic Chinese results from the restrictions of bimoraic feet. This paper will argue that HE/*gal/ is analysed as a underlying form while HU /*ga/ represents a weak form. This will induce that HU /*ga/, with only one mora, is more constrictive than HE /*gal/ which has more mora. The third chapter will point out that disyllabic foot results in the syntactic contrast between monosyllabic and disyllabic wh-words in Archaic Chinese. For the requirements of the focus stress , disyllabic feet and NSR (Nuclear Stress Rule), monosyllabic wh-words, weak forms bearing focus stress, will be substitued for disyllabic forms. Terefore a contrast will emerge between wh-words in argument and non-argument positions. At the same time the substitute will result in the appearance of disyllabicity of wh-words in argument positions is later than ones in non-argument positions through the process of diachronic change. The fourth chapter will focus on an essential wh-question construction in Archaic Chinese - [HE/XI+(YI)+XP+WEI]. This paper will first propose that adjunct HE/XI generates that structure through the syntactic operation "Distributed Deletion". In addition, we first argue that the syntactic operation is activated by a prosodic request that intonations have to be transformed into sentence-final particls in the intonational phrases. The fifth chapter will summarize the whole paper. It is suggested that demonstrations above will not only offer some novel phenomena of syntactic mechanisms for wh-questions in Archaic Chinese, but also will offer a distinctive perspective of Archaic Chinese.

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