Inter-clausal Anaphora in Chinese Conditionals: a Multi-factorial Analysis
Résumé
Chinese inter-clausal anaphora, as in Wo suiran xiang facai, keshi bugan maoxian. 'I although want to get rich, yet don't dare to take risks' is considered 'rather striking' (Chao, 1968) because of the way the subject can be fronted or not, which might come from reference patterns of the two clausal subjects. Previous corpus investigations (Xu (1995), Chen (2016), and others) have suggested a direct relationship between reference patterns (disjoint reference or co-reference between the two subjects) and the position of the subject. The present study explores other factors that might play a role in predicting the structure patterns.
Domaines
Sciences de l'Homme et Société
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