Transitivity requirements in Chinese : putting the generic object in context

Lyn Shan Tieu

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference PaperConference Paper

Abstract

![CDATA[Much of the research on Chinese transitivity has been devoted to the prevalent phenomenon of topic-drop, whereby the topic of discussion, known to both speaker and interlocutor, is topicalized and subsequently phonetically deleted, resulting in a referential null object.]]
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2007 Annual Conference of Canadian Linguistic Association, University of Saskatchewan, May 26 - May 29, 2007
PublisherCanadian Linguistic Association
Number of pages15
Publication statusPublished - 2007
EventCanadian Linguistic Association. Annual Conference -
Duration: 1 Jan 2010 → …

Conference

ConferenceCanadian Linguistic Association. Annual Conference
Period1/01/10 → …

Keywords

  • grammar, comparative and general
  • Chinese

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