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Exploring Disjunctions in Chinese : A Comprehensive Analysis of Distinctions, Usage, and Historical Development /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Exploring Disjunctions in Chinese : A Comprehensive Analysis of Distinctions, Usage, and Historical Development // Li Xinyi.
Author:	Xinyi, Li,
Description:	1 electronic resource (212 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-10, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International86-10A.
Subject:	Language. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=31942604
ISBN:	9798311910200

Exploring Disjunctions in Chinese : A Comprehensive Analysis of Distinctions, Usage, and Historical Development /
Xinyi, Li,

Exploring Disjunctions in Chinese : A Comprehensive Analysis of Distinctions, Usage, and Historical Development /Li Xinyi. - 1 electronic resource (212 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-10, Section: A.

Traditional Western linguistic studies have extensively analyzed the disjunction A or B,paralleling the logical interpretation A ∨ B. However, the Chinese language does not possess a direct equivalent for the logical connector ∨. Instead, it distinguishes between interrogative and declarative disjunctions, utilizing háishìin interrogative contexts to contrast with huòzhě. In declarative contexts, the monosyndetic structure A huòzhě Bdiffers from the bisyndetic constructions huòzhě A huòzhě Band yàome A yàome B. This study aims to elucidate the knowledge network surrounding these Chinese disjunctive constructions.Beginning with top-down approaches, this research examines scope-interpretation issues across the four primary disjunctive constructions. At the sentence level, háishìconnects competing propositions regardless of surface scope, whereas A huòzhě B, huòzhě A huòzhě B,and yàome A yàome Bconnect alternative events under a single proposition. Only A huòzhě Bcan access NPs, as it unifies options into a set, generating "whichever" meanings when embedded.To further analyze the interpretations of Chinese disjunctions, a strategy-based investigation reveals the interaction between language practices and linguistic comprehension. The interpretation of disjunctions can be deconstructed into two empirical experiences: the urgency of choice and the tangibility of option coexistence. The primary usage of háishìconveys alternative questions, reflecting a high urgency for making choices and a low tangibility of coexistence.In contrast, disjunctions in declarative contexts often exhibit low urgency of choice and demonstrate how disjunctions expand conceptual boundaries to conjunctions. When options show low tangibility of coexistence, huòzhěconnects alternative events to narrow possibilities. In distribution scenarios, options can interchangeably represent non-coexistent and coexistent states, particularly in generic statements where high tangibility fosters a conjunctive interpretation. The structures huòzhě A huòzhě Band yàome A yàome Bappear in contexts similar to A huòzhě B,with the added function of itemizing options, while yàome A yàome Bemphasizes exhaustiveness.To bridge top-down and bottom-up approaches, the study examines the usage of Chinese disjunctions in discourse. In natural discourse, háishìmay link two discourse referents to express uncertain statements. Beyond narrowing possibilities and presenting separative conjunctions and free choices, huòzhěenhances discourse by creating higher-level categories and allowing for elaboration and repair of the speaker's statements.The final section provides a historical analysis of the emergence and development of Chinese disjunctions. Historically, háishìbegan as a question marker and developed into a connective function. Huòzhěconstructions initially appeared as bisyndetic structures for raising possibilities and gradually expanded their functions, eventually developing a monosyndetic form. The yàomeconstruction originally presented alternatives within conditional clauses and later developed an exhaustivity feature through sentence patterns that outline two contrasting conditions regarding a single event.

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