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Remark: Long‐Distance Reflexives, Blocking Effects, and the Structure of Mandarin Comparatives
Author(s) -
Hsieh ITa Chris
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
syntax
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1467-9612
pISSN - 1368-0005
DOI - 10.1111/synt.12026
Subject(s) - mandarin chinese , dependency (uml) , blocking (statistics) , reduction (mathematics) , computer science , mathematics , arithmetic , linguistics , statistics , artificial intelligence , geometry , philosophy
Drawing on data concerning the long‐distance dependency of the Mandarin bare reflexive ziji ‘self’ in embedded comparatives, this remark compares two types of analyses of Mandarin comparatives—the Reduction Analysis and the Direct Analysis. The discussion shows that the long‐distance dependency of ziji in an embedded comparative can be easily captured in the Reduction Analysis, where a deletion operation is involved in the derivation; however, the Direct Analysis, where the constituent size of the standard of comparison is transparent, encounters challenges when facing the same data.