Mandarin verb doubling as verb-phrase fronting

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Original languageEnglish
Journal / PublicationNatural Language & Linguistic Theory
Volume42
Online published21 Nov 2024
Publication statusOnline published - 21 Nov 2024

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Abstract

This article develops the idea that the doubling of Mandarin verbs arises as the result of an interaction between VP fronting and the way copy deletion and realisation work in such derivations. The proposal accounts for previously unnoticed properties, such as anti-adjacency effects and the obligatory presence of postverbal adverbials, among others, while lending further support to anti-locality, vP phasehood, the specifier view of Mandarin postverbal adverbials, and Saab’s (2008, 2017) theory of pronunciation. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2024.

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  • Anti-locality, Chain resolution, Verb doubling, VP fronting, Phases, Mandarin

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Mandarin verb doubling as verb-phrase fronting. / Lai, Jackie Yan-Ki.
In: Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, Vol. 42, 21.11.2024.

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review