Review article of Waltraud Paul’s New Perspectives on Chinese Syntax (2015)

Taking Paul (2015) as a starting point, this article discusses different approaches concerning the contribution made by Chinese to general syntactic theory and typology. It demonstrates that the solution of basic questions such as the precise inventory of lexical categories can have far-reaching con...

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Published inGlossa (London) Vol. 1; no. 1; p. 1
Main Author Li, Yen-hui Audrey
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published London Open Library of Humanities 07.10.2016
Ubiquity Press
Subjects
case theory
Chinese languages
Chinese syntax
Dissertations & theses
Grammar
head parameter
linearization
Linguistics
Review Article
Simpson, Andrew
syntactic theories
Syntax
Theory
word order change
New York
Los Angeles California
California
United States > US
Massachusetts
left periphery
Chinese syntax
isolating languages
head parameter
case theory
word order change
cross-categorial (dis)harmony
syntactic theories
linearization
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ISSN2397-1835
2397-1835
DOI10.5334/gjgl.233

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Summary:Taking Paul (2015) as a starting point, this article discusses different approaches concerning the contribution made by Chinese to general syntactic theory and typology. It demonstrates that the solution of basic questions such as the precise inventory of lexical categories can have far-reaching consequences for more general issues such as case theory, linearization, head parameter and the status of typological universals.
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ISSN:2397-1835
2397-1835
DOI:10.5334/gjgl.233