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Subjectivity and Nominal Property Concepts in Mandarin Chinese.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Subjectivity and Nominal Property Concepts in Mandarin Chinese./
Author:	Zhang, Yiwen.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2021,
Description:	198 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-10, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International82-10A.
Subject:	Linguistics. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28318756
ISBN:	9798597003023

Subjectivity and Nominal Property Concepts in Mandarin Chinese.
Zhang, Yiwen.

Subjectivity and Nominal Property Concepts in Mandarin Chinese. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021 - 198 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-10, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2021.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This dissertation focuses on Property Concept (PC) words, which are expressions that are typically realized as adjectives in languages like English that have adjectives, such as 'tall' or 'wise'. Recent cross-linguistic work shows that there are two types of PC words: PC adjectives that are used predicatively and PC nominals that occur in possessive constructions. The details of this alternation remain poorly understood.This dissertation contributes to the discussion by identifying and solving three puzzles associated with PC nouns in Mandarin Chinese:Puzzle 1: Possessive PC phrases like YOU ZHIHUI 'have wisdom' pattern syntactically like gradable adjectives and unlike other possessive phrases like YOU SHUI 'have water' in admitting intensifiers and other scalar modifiers.Puzzle 2: Possessive PC phrases pattern like gradable adjectives and unlike gradable transitive verbs in requiring degree modifiers such as HEN 'very' to block comparative interpretations in simple declarative sentences.Puzzle 3: PC nominals with subjective meaning like ZHIHUI 'wisdom' can be used in possessive constructions, whereas PC nouns with objective meaning like GAODU 'height' cannot. I solve these three puzzles with two main proposals:First, possessive PC phrases are type-theoretically and syntactically equivalent to gradable adjectives. Both types of expressions semantically denote relations between individuals and intervals and syntactically project as Adjective Phrases. This predicts their similar behavior and solves puzzles 1 and 2.Second, possessive PC phrases stand in lexical competition with, and are blocked by, simple adjectival counterparts, which are generally available only for objective and not for some subjective concepts. For example, YOU GAODU 'have height' is blocked by gao 'tall', whereas YOU ZHIHUI 'have wisdom' lacks a simple adjectival counterpart. This solves puzzle 3.The implication of this dissertation is that semantic type, syntactic category, and lexical competition interact to constrain the alternation between PC adjectives and nominals.

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