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 />
(121) ForceP1<br />
2<br />
C topicP<br />
2<br />
wo FocusP<br />
2<br />
j<strong>in</strong>tian IP<br />
2<br />
DegP<br />
3<br />
ForceP2 Deg’<br />
2 3<br />
bi topicP geng vP1<br />
2 2<br />
(wo) FocusP vP1<br />
2 5<br />
zuotian IP xiang ni<br />
2<br />
vP2<br />
2<br />
vP2<br />
5<br />
<br />
In (121), wo j<strong>in</strong>tian xiang ni is <strong>the</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> proposition, with <strong>the</strong> modification by <strong>the</strong><br />
comparative degree adverb geng, <strong>the</strong>re comes <strong>the</strong> bi-CP to make <strong>the</strong> comparative<br />
datum.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> studies on <strong>the</strong> cartography <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> left periphery <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> clause,<br />
(Belletti 2004) <strong>in</strong>dicates that <strong>the</strong> clause (IP) external area, traditionally labeled CP, is<br />
<strong>in</strong>deed a much richer and articulated space than traditionally assumed. She makes a<br />
different def<strong>in</strong>ition on “Topicalization” (Top) refers to <strong>the</strong> process through which that<br />
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