Syntax of the Bi Comparative Construction in Mandarin Chinese
Syntax of the Bi Comparative Construction in Mandarin Chinese
Syntax of the Bi Comparative Construction in Mandarin Chinese
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<strong>Syntax</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bi</strong> <strong>Comparative</strong> <strong>Construction</strong> <strong>in</strong> Mandar<strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>ese<br />
c. d.<br />
So’ S1<br />
3 3<br />
NP1 VP NP VP<br />
g 2 g 6<br />
S1 NP2 V Zhangsan X gao bi S2 bijiao gao<br />
6 tg g 5<br />
Zhangsan X gao bi S2 bijiao Lisi gao<br />
5<br />
Lisi gao<br />
c. d.<br />
So’ S1<br />
3 3<br />
NP1 VP NP VP<br />
g 2 g 6<br />
S1 NP2 V Zhangsan X gao bi S2 bijiao gao<br />
6 tg g 5<br />
Zhangsan X gao bi S2 bijiao Lisi gao<br />
5<br />
Lisi gao<br />
e. f. The surface structure<br />
So’ S1<br />
3 3<br />
NP VP NP VP<br />
g 6 g 3<br />
Zhangsan bi NP bijiao gao Zhangsan bi NP gao<br />
g g<br />
Lisi Lisi<br />
In (f), we can see that Fu takes an Adjunction Analysis on <strong>the</strong> syntactic structure <strong>of</strong><br />
Mandar<strong>in</strong> BCC. The compared items are clauses that undergone a series <strong>of</strong><br />
transformation and deletion, <strong>the</strong>refore gives a reason for <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>-constituency <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
compared items such as NP+ PP and NP+PP such as (42).<br />
(42) ta dui ni bi ta dui bieren keqi<br />
he to you COM he to o<strong>the</strong>rs polite<br />
‘S/He is more polite to you than to o<strong>the</strong>rs.’<br />
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中正大學 e-Thesys (94 學年度)
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