標題: The Chinese geng clausal comparative
作者: Liu, Chen-Sheng Luther
外國語文學系
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
關鍵字: Clausal comparatives;Degree comparison;Degree intervals;Degree points;Individual comparison;Movement versus non-movement parameter in degree abstraction;Phrasal comparatives
公開日期: 1-Jun-2010
摘要: Based on the syntax and semantics of the Chinese geng 'GENG' clausal comparative, I first argue that Chinese does have degree comparison in syntax, contra the claim made by Kennedy (2005, 2007), and Lin (2009). I then discuss two further issues raised by the geng 'GENG' clausal comparative: first, to show how the geng 'GENG' clausal comparative fits into a larger system of Chinese comparatives, I dichotomize Chinese comparatives into presupposition and non-presupposition comparatives. Second, I argued that the Degree Abstraction Parameter proposed by Beck et al. (2004), though being empirically challenged by the Chinese geng 'GENG' clausal comparative, can be maintained if languages involving degree comparison in syntax are further divided into two types depending on how the degree variable is bound (Kennedy, 2007). (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2009.09.005
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/28397
ISSN: 0024-3841
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2009.09.005
期刊: LINGUA
Volume: 120
Issue: 6
起始頁: 1579
結束頁: 1606
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