Bartos, Huba (2003) Locating the Subjects in Mandarin Chinese. Acta Orientalia, 56 (2-4). pp. 149-172. ISSN 0001-6446
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Abstract
This paper argues that subjecthood is a relevant concept in the grammar of (Mandarin) Chinese, i.e., Chinese is subject-prominent as well as topic-prominent, and the most appropriate way of characterising subjects is by determining their regular structural position in clause structure. Subjects are claimed to occupy a structural position distinct from, and to the right of, the typical position associated with topics. This position, furthermore, is shown to stand to the left of the whole predicate phrase, as well as preposed distributive-universal quantifiers, associated with the function word dou. The structural analysis is set in the clause-structural model of Beghelli-Stowell (1995, 1997). Apparent counterexamples to the linking of subjects to the determined subject position are discussed, too, and shown to pose no problem to the proposal laid out here.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak |
Depositing User: | xKatalin xBarta |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2017 12:28 |
Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2023 00:15 |
URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/46622 |
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