Varieties of alternatives: focus particles and wh-expressions in mandarin
Auteur :
Liu, Mingming
Éditeur :
Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN :
9789811062070
Date de publication :
26 oct. 2017
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Singapour
This book concerns two focus particles (jiu, dou) and wh-expressions (shenme = ‘what’, na geren = ‘which person’) in Mandarin Chinese. An idea based on alternatives and varieties of alternatives in particular – following Chierchia’s 2013 analysis of the polarity system – is pursued to account for the systematic ambiguities.