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 />
(51) The Possible Syntactic Category <strong>of</strong> bi (Hs<strong>in</strong>g 2003: 62)<br />
bi as a<br />
conjunction<br />
bi as a<br />
preposition<br />
bi as a<br />
verb<br />
bi as a<br />
prepositional<br />
complementizer<br />
Advantage Disadvantages<br />
This answers that <strong>the</strong> two<br />
compared conjuncts are parallel<br />
<strong>in</strong> both semantics and syntax.<br />
It corresponds to than <strong>in</strong> English,<br />
which supports preverbal<br />
adjunction analysis<br />
This <strong>in</strong>dicates that <strong>the</strong> bi word<br />
has <strong>the</strong> mean<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> compar<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
30<br />
This fails to expla<strong>in</strong><br />
sentences<br />
pronouns.<br />
with reflexives<br />
It fails to expla<strong>in</strong> CC with<br />
preposition phrases.<br />
The syntactic behavior is<br />
different from real verb.<br />
The structure is simple. The morphology and<br />
syntactic structure lacks<br />
strong motivation.<br />
To get more clues, Hs<strong>in</strong>g make a list to compare <strong>Comparative</strong> Deletion and VP<br />
ellipsis.<br />
(52) Comparison between <strong>Comparative</strong> Deletion (CD) and VP Ellipsis<br />
(Hs<strong>in</strong>g 2003: 69)<br />
The properties <strong>of</strong> ellipsis VP Ellipsis Ch<strong>in</strong>ese CD<br />
(1) Occur <strong>in</strong> phrase-f<strong>in</strong>al position √ ? (subj del. &<br />
stripp<strong>in</strong>g<br />
temporal<br />
adverb)<br />
&<br />
(2) Operate on phrasal categories √ ? (stripp<strong>in</strong>g)<br />
(3) Occur <strong>in</strong> ei<strong>the</strong>r a subord<strong>in</strong>ate or coord<strong>in</strong>ate clause √ × (can be <strong>in</strong><br />
separate from that conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g its antecedent<br />
ma<strong>in</strong> clause)<br />
(4) Obey <strong>the</strong> Backward Anaphora Constra<strong>in</strong>t √ √<br />
(5) Occur across sentence boundaries √ √<br />
(6) Able to have a pragmatic antecedent √ √<br />
(7) Strict/ sloppy ambiguity √ √<br />
(8) ECP: NON-pronom<strong>in</strong>al empty category must be<br />
properly head-governed<br />
√ ? (stripp<strong>in</strong>g)<br />
中正大學 e-Thesys (94 學年度)
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