Open AccessOn the Derivation of the Double Object Construction in Mandarin Chinese
Author(s) -
Haojie Li,
Zhiliang Ma
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of language teaching and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-0684
pISSN - 1798-4769
DOI - 10.17507/jltr.1105.17
Subject(s) - mandarin chinese , object (grammar) , computer science , head (geology) , verb , conformity , artificial intelligence , element (criminal law) , natural language processing , linguistics , psychology , philosophy , geology , political science , law , social psychology , geomorphology
This paper adopts a Labeling approach to the analysis of the double object construction (DOC). In conformity with Chomsky’s (2013, 2014, 2015) Labeling Algorithm (LA), a unified account is proposed of the derivation of DOC in Mandarin Chinese. It is argued that the pair-Merged element in a complex verb in the DOC is invisible for labeling and the normal labeling procedure for the Head will apply.