Enriched composition and inference in the argument structure of Chinese
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Enriched composition and inference in the argument structure of Chinese
（A Routledge series, . Studies in linguistics / edited by Laurence Horn）
Routledge, 2005
Available at 19 libraries
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Series issued before 2005: Outstanding dissertations in linguistics
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
As with many other languages, Mandarin Chinese exhibits a rich variety of ways in expressing the arguments of the predicator in a sentence. Unlike other languages, such variation is typically devoid of any formal marking. Previous attempts in explaining such phenomena usually focus on the syntax as an explanatory tool. This book argues that a large majority of such argument structure phenomena are better accounted for by recourse to enriched representations in lexical semantics. Drawing insights from conceptual semantics, cognitive semantics, Generative Lexicon, construction grammar and formal syntax, this book constitutes the first attempt at a comprehensive account of lexical semantic issues in Mandarin Chinese.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Variation in Argument Expression Chapter 2: Constructions, Conceptual Structures and Compositionality Chapter 3: The Eat Restaurant Construction: Licensing Unselected Complements Chapter 4: Conceptual Inference and Predicate Transfer Chapter 5: Concluding Remarks References Index
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