Constraints on Reflexivization in Mandarin Chinese

by Haihua Pan

Book Overview

First Published in 1997. Mandarin ziji has challenged many syntacticians to probe for its properties and specifically its relationship to Binding Condition A (BCA), which dictates that an anaphor must be bound by a syntactically prominent (or c-commanding) noun phrase in a very local domain (Governing Category or GC). This book argues for the separation of contrastive and non-contrastive reflexives. This book will also show that ben-ren/shen and their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138971596
• ISBN13: 9781138971592
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"