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The Non-Uniformity of Chinese Wh-Ind...

Chen, Zhuo.

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The Non-Uniformity of Chinese Wh-Indefinites through the Lens of Algebraic Structure.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The Non-Uniformity of Chinese Wh-Indefinites through the Lens of Algebraic Structure./
作者:	Chen, Zhuo.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2021,
面頁冊數:	188 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-08, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International82-08A.
標題:	Linguistics. -
電子資源:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28316725
ISBN:	9798569984701

The Non-Uniformity of Chinese Wh-Indefinites through the Lens of Algebraic Structure.
Chen, Zhuo.

The Non-Uniformity of Chinese Wh-Indefinites through the Lens of Algebraic Structure. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021 - 188 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-08, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--City University of New York, 2021.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This dissertation investigates the non-uniformity of Chinese wh-indefinites. The different algebraic structures associated with the different wh-indefinites are shown to play a significant role in determining their possible readings. Specifically, those wh-indefinites that are associated with an unordered algebraic structure can give rise to an epistemic reading in both positive and negative sentences. Those wh-indefinites that are associated with a structure of total ordering never have an epistemic reading. They have an existential reading in positive sentences and generate an insignificance reading under a clausemate negation. Shenme 'what' is a special in that it straddles both types of wh-indefinites. When it is interpreted as kind-denoting, it is associated with an unordered structure and has an epistemic reading; when it is degree-denoting, however, it is associated with a structure of total ordering, leading to an insignificance reading under a clausemate negation.The proposed analysis through the lens of algebraic structure not only accounts for the non-uniformity of Chinese wh-indefinites, but also sheds light on the semantics of the particles that interact with the wh-indefinites. The multi-functional particle dou is an example. Two different groups of theories have been proposed to explain its different uses. The first group analyzes dou as a distributor and the second takes it to be semantically equivalent to English even. Bringing in the insights of the algebraic theory of Chinese wh-indefinites, I argue that the second group of theories is on the wrong track.

ISBN: 9798569984701Subjects--Topical Terms:

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