Chinese Middle Constructions - E-book

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Chinese Middle Constructions - ENG

Lexical Middle Formation

Jiajuan Xiong

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ISBN:	9789811061875
Formato:	Page Fidelity
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Estudio de lengua extranjera
Subtema:	Estudio de lengua extranjera
Año de publicación:	2017-11-14

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 â€œmiddle constructionâ€? apart from â€œmiddle voiceâ€? 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 â€œlexical middle languagesâ€?, which are in contrast to â€œsyntactic middle languagesâ€?.

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