Nominal predication and focus anchoring

  • It will be shown that verbs can be missing in predicative sentences by using the data from Chinese. Copula-less sentences in Chinese are subject to 'Generalized Anchoring Principle' (GAP), which requires that every clause be anchored at the interface for LF convergence. To satisfy GAP, clauses may be either tensed or focused. It is shown that copula-less sentences in Chinese are subject to focus anchoring. It will be further argued that whether a verb is needed in predication depends on the syntax of predicate nominals.

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Author:Sze-Wing Tang
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-307929
URL:http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/fileadmin/material/ZASPiL_Volltexte/zp22/zaspil22-tang.pdf
ISSN:1435-9588
ISSN:0947-7055
Parent Title (English):Papers on predicative constructions : Proceedings of the workshop on secundary predication, October 16-17, 2000, Berlin / ed. by Gerhard Jäger ..., Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung, Berlin, 2001; ZAS papers in linguistics Vol. 22
Publisher:Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung
Place of publication:Berlin
Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2013/11/14
Year of first Publication:2001
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2013/11/14
GND Keyword:Chinesisch; Prädikat; Thema-Rhema-Gliederung
Volume:22
Page Number:14
First Page:159
Last Page:172
HeBIS-PPN:381233553
Sammlungen:Linguistik
Linguistik-Klassifikation:Linguistik-Klassifikation: Syntax
Linguistik-Klassifikation: Sprachtypologie / Language typology
Linguistik-Klassifikation: Grammatikforschung / Grammar research
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte:ZAS papers in linguistics : ZASPiL / ZASPiL 22 = Papers on predicative constructions : Proceedings of the workshop on secundary predication, October 16-17, 2000, Berlin
:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-306636
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht