Syntax of the Bi Comparative Construction in Mandarin Chinese

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Syntax of the Bi Comparative Construction in Mandarin Chinese subordinate clause undergoes CD, then there is only one meaning that ‘I love him more than you do.’ In (123c) the identical part of the compared clauses is wo, thus has CD; to prevent from ambiguity, not using CE helps to disambiguate this sentence. (122) a. wo chi mian [bi fan] geng kuai I eat noodle COM rice more fast ‘I eat noodles faster than I do rice.’ b. wo chi mian [bi woCD (chi)CE fan] geng kuai I eat noodle COM I eat rice more fast ‘Same as (a).’ (123) a. wo ai ta [bi ni ] (geng/ hai) duo I love him COM you more many (i) ‘I love him more than you do.’ (ii) ‘I love him more than I love you.’ b. wo ai ta [bi ni ai taCD ] (geng/ hai) duo I love him COM you love him more many ‘I love him more than you do.’ c. wo ai ta [bi woCD (ai)CE ni ] (geng/ hai) duo I love him COM I love you more many ‘I love him more than love you.’ Since CD involve the interaction between the two compared items, while CE concerns material outside the compared constituent in the CC; for this reason our study will focus on CD and skip CE. As is mentioned in the previous section, the internal argument of DegP is vP1 74 中正大學 e-Thesys (94 學年度)
Syntax of the Bi Comparative Construction in Mandarin Chinese which is the main proposition of the sentence, also the antecedent of the degree bi-clause. When CD occurs, it needs to be Antecedent Contained Deletion (ACD). That is, the elements in the degree clause, which identical to that in the antecedent main-proposition will be obligatorily deleted. This ACD analysis is more consistent in explaining the different categories of the compared items of different syntactic categories in PF. Furthermore, semantically, with the marking of the degree expression geng on the matrix proposition, the meaning of the comparative is clear, in which the degree of the main proposition (vP1) marked by geng is more than the other (vP2), which is the comparative basis. Thus, the contrasting argument, bi-clause in the bracket is embedded in the main clause with an omitted empty site for the VP, ai ni. As for those comparative elements with complex sentences, clausal comparing elements by Hsing (2005) as (124), or adjunctional predicates of the compared elements like (125), they can be included in our clausal analysis without exception. (124) a. wo chi mian [bi ni chi fan] geng kuai I eat noodle COM you eat rice more fast ‘I eat noodles faster than you do rice.’ b. wo chi mian geng kuai [bi ni chi fan kuai] I eat noodle more fast COM you eat rice fast (125) a. Zhangsan bi Lisi xihuan paobu Zhangsan COM Lisi like jogging ‘Zhangsan like jogging more than Lisi does.’ b. Zhangsan (geng) xihuan paobu [bi Lisi xihuan paobu] Zhangsan more like jogging COM Lisi like jogging 75 中正大學 e-Thesys (94 學年度)
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