Chinese Middle Constructions
Download or Read eBook Chinese Middle Constructions PDF written by Jiajuan Xiong and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Jiajuan Xiong |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 303 |
| Release | : 2017-11-14 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789811061875 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9811061874 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Chinese Middle Constructions by : Jiajuan Xiong
Book excerpt: 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”.
