Titlebook: Diachronic Changes Underlying Synchronic Distribution; Scalar Inferences an I-Hsuan Chen Book 2018 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05402-9chronic development. This diachronic analysis reveals how large-scale changes in a language conspire to give rise to a novel construction. This study addresses this layer of synchronic-diachronic association through the analysis of the distribution of numeral phrases as polarity sensitive items in d

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05402-9ent types of OV constructions form a network based on their overlapping grammatical patterns. Through inheritance, the relationship between the general OV construction, the preverbal minimizer construction, and the O-DOU-V/O-YE-V construct can be connected in a hierarchical network. In Modern Mandar

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05402-9to appear in the constructions with focal prominence. In Modern Mandarin, the association of minimizers with focal saliency is even more salient than that in the previous stages of Chinese. This Chapter will discuss how the requirement of focal prominence is reflected in the constructionalization of

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05402-9ins with minimizers and then connects major linguistic issues in both diachrony and synchrony. The constructionist approach incorporates different mechanisms of changes and captures the dynamic alignments of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics in different periods of Chinese. The diachronic analysis o

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0170-4Word Order; Polarity Items; Pragmatic Inferences; Mandarin Chinese; Focus; Synchronic Distribution; Scalar

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