黄诗哲：Property Theory, Adjectives, and Modification

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1、JEastAsianLinguist(2006)15:343369DOI10.1007/s10831-006-9002-0ORIGINALPAPERPropertyTheory,Adjectives,andModificationinChineseShi-ZheHuangReceived:6May2003/Accepted:13April2006/Publishedonline:15November2006ÓSpringerScience+BusinessMediaB.V.2006AbstractIthasbeenobservedthatthereisacomplementarydistr

2、ibutionbetweensimpleadjectives(SAs)andcomplexadjectives(CAs)inChineseinboththeadnominalandpredicatepositions(Huang,1997,SomeremarksonadjectivesinMandarinChinese.PaperdeliveredattheInternationalAssociationofChineseLinguistics-6(IACL-6),Leiden,June1921,1997,TheNetherlands;Shen,1997,ZhongguoYuwen,25

3、9,242250;Zhu,1956,XiandaiHanyuXingrongciYanjiu[StudiesofadjectivesinmodernChinese].YuyanYanjiu1.AlsopublishedinZhuDexi(1980)XiandaiHanyuYufaYanjiu[GrammaticalstudiesofmodernChinese],pp.341).Thisarticlemakestwomajorclaims:(a)therearetwosubgroupsofCAs;whileoneisintotalcomplementarydistributionwithS

4、As,theotherisinpartialcomplementarydistributionwithSAs;and(b)thetotal/EarlyversionsofthisarticlewerepresentedatIACL-6,Leiden,1997,atIACL10-NACCL13atUniversityofCaliforniaatIrvinein2001,andatMaribelRomerossemanticsseminarattheUniversityofPennsylvaniain2001.Ithanktheaudiencesfortheircommentsandenco

5、uragements,andIthankProfessorRomerofordirectingmetosomeimportantreferences.IamparticularlygratefultoWynnChaofordiscussingsomeoftheissueswithmeandtoJo-wangLin,JieXu,andNiinaZhangfortheirencouragementandinterestinthisworkinitsearlyphaseofdevelopment.OnememberofthePhiladelphiaSemanticsSociety,MuffyS

6、iegel,since2001hasbeenthemostimportantandregulardiscussantwithmeonalmostalloftheissuesstudiedinthiswork.Shehasreadseveraldraftsintheirentirety,providingdetailedcommentsoncontentaswellasstyle.Thosediscussionsandcommentshavehelpedmetremendouslyintermsofboththeorydevelopmentanddataanalysis.Ialsobene

7、fitedgreatlyduringmylastroundofrevisionfromtwoothermembersofthePhiladelphiaSemanticsSociety:TedFernaldandJackHoeksema(thenavisitingprofessoratSwarthmoreCollege)whenIgaveapresentationinSpring2006.Theyofferedmanyvaluable