Chinese middle constructions : lexical middle formation / Jiajuan Xiong.
2018
PL1291
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Title
Chinese middle constructions : lexical middle formation / Jiajuan Xiong.
Author
Xiong, Jiajuan, author.
ISBN
9789811061875 (electronic book)
9811061874 (electronic book)
9789811061868
9811061874 (electronic book)
9789811061868
Published
Singapore : Springer, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-10-6187-5 doi
Call Number
PL1291
Dewey Decimal Classification
495.12
Summary
This book defines Chinese middle constructions as generic constructions, with their highest syntactically saturated argument always understood as an arbitrary one. This working definition sets “middle construction” apart from “middle voice” in that it can be instantiated by various constructions in Chinese. By scrutinizing these constructions in the framework of Generative Syntax, the book concludes that their formation takes place at the lexical level, without resorting to any syntactic mechanisms and thus that Chinese falls into the category of “lexical middle languages”, which are in contrast to “syntactic middle languages”.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed November 28, 2017).
Series
Frontiers in Chinese linguistics ; v. 2.
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