An experimental approach to the reconstruction of the head quantifier phrase in Chinese relative clauses
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2024-03-27
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Aoun and Li (2003) argued that whether the head of Chinese relative clauses can reconstruct at Logical Form is determined by its phrasal category. When the head is a noun phrase, it can reconstruct; but when it is a quantifier phrase, it cannot. This paper uses a sentence-picture matching experiment to investigate this claim. The results showed that a quantifier phrase can reconstruct. Thus, we do not need to stipulate a noun phrase/quantifier phrase distinction for the reconstruction of heads in Chinese relative clauses. Both types of phrases can reconstruct, predicted by the head-raising analysis of relative clauses.
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Chen, Y (2024). An experimental approach to the reconstruction of the head quantifier phrase in Chinese relative clauses. Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 69(1). pp. 118–128. 10.1017/cnj.2024.6 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/32188.
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Yunchuan Chen
My research interests are experimental approaches to grammars, L2 acquisition and heritage languages. My research projects so far include Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Tibetan, Thai and Nuosu Yi. I am also interested in how to teach/learn foreign languages effectively with meaning-based approaches.
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