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Lin, Jo-Wang.

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Polarity licensing and wh-phrase quantification in Chinese.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Polarity licensing and wh-phrase quantification in Chinese./
作者:	Lin, Jo-Wang.
面頁冊數:	319 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-07, Section: A, page: 2999.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International57-07A.
標題:	Language, Linguistics. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9638991
ISBN:	059104756X

Polarity licensing and wh-phrase quantification in Chinese.
Lin, Jo-Wang.

Polarity licensing and wh-phrase quantification in Chinese. - 319 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-07, Section: A, page: 2999.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1996.

This dissertation investigates the nature of the different interpretations of Chinese wh-phrases within a framework of formal semantic theories. Chapter 1 introduces the wh-constructions that I analyze and outlines the theoretical framework. Chapters 2 and 3 are devoted to wh...dou constructions which I argue are elliptical wulun-constructions ('no-matter'-constructions). I argue that dou 'all' is a generalized distribution operator in the sense of Schwarzschild (1991). Its function in wh...dou constructions is to distribute over the members of the generalized union formed by the possibly null wulun. This analysis not only accounts for many important semantic properties of wh...dou constructions but gives a unifying analysis of dou in different contexts. Chapter 4 discusses the distribution of polarity wh-phrases and their licensing mechanism. I propose that Chinese polarity wh-phrases are analyzed as restricted free variables. They are subject to a non-entailment-of-existence condition which forces them to appear only in contexts where indefinites do not have existential import. Finally, chapter 5 examines donkey anaphora in bare conditionals and ruguo/yaoshi-conditionals ('if'-conditionals). I show that both types of constructions allow an anaphoric wh-phrase or pronoun to be linked to an antecedent wh-phrase, but with different conditions. Following Cheng and Huang (to appear), I propose that anaphoric wh-phrases must be analyzed as variables regardless of the type of construction in which they appear. In contrast, the status of anaphoric pronouns depends upon the construction in which they appear. Donkey pronouns in ruguo/yaoshi-conditionals should be analyzed as E-type pronouns, whereas donkey pronouns in bare conditionals should be analyzed as variables of some sort. The conclusions imply that both the unselective binding approach and the E-type approach to donkey anaphora are needed in order to account for the full range of donkey anaphora in natural language.

ISBN: 059104756XSubjects--Topical Terms:

1018079
Language, Linguistics.

Polarity licensing and wh-phrase quantification in Chinese.
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