A parametric approach to NP ellipsis in Mandarin and Cantonese

被引:5
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作者
Tang, Sze-Wing [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Chinese Language & Literature, Shatin, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
关键词
NP ellipsis; True empty category; Relativization; Movement; Mandarin; Cantonese; CHINESE;
D O I
10.1007/s10831-010-9067-7
中图分类号
H0 [语言学];
学科分类号
030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
摘要
It is argued that the "true empty category" in Mandarin NP ellipsis is not necessarily a semantically empty structure-less position; instead it could have a complex structure, containing a referential head. Such a referential head is, however, missing in Cantonese. The dialectal variation between Mandarin and Cantonese is attributed to the noun movement parameter, which has been independently motivated in the literature.
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页码:107 / 115
页数:9
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