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Peer reviewedLin, Jo-Wang – Journal of East Asian Linguistics, 1998
Investigates the distribution of existential polarity wh-phrases (EPWs) in Chinese that behave like negative polarity items, examining the distribution of Chinese EPWs and arguing that using EPWs is felicitous if the local propositions in which they appear do not entail existence of a referent satisfying the EPW description. The paper considers…
Descriptors: Chinese, Grammar, Phrase Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
Peer reviewedLi, Cheng-ching – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1980
Explores the role of negative marking in the mapping of the semantic and syntactic structures of Taiwanese modals on to their surface structure in terms of syntactic transformations. Particular attention is paid to the process of lexical fusion as it occurs in such negative forms as "be" and "m." (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: Chinese, Morphemes, Negative Forms (Language), Phrase Structure
