A constraint-based analysis of A-NOT-A questions in Mandarin Chinese

The A-NOT-A structure is one way to express polar questions in Mandarin Chinese. The present study provides a constraint-based analysis of A-NOT-A questions in Mandarin Chinese within the framework of HPSG (Pollard & Sag, 1994) and MRS (Copestake et al., 2005). We propose two possible approaches...

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Main Authors: Wang, Wenjie, Song, Sanghoun, Bond, Francis
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80391
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40499
http://web.stanford.edu/group/cslipublications/cslipublications/HPSG/2015/
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:The A-NOT-A structure is one way to express polar questions in Mandarin Chinese. The present study provides a constraint-based analysis of A-NOT-A questions in Mandarin Chinese within the framework of HPSG (Pollard & Sag, 1994) and MRS (Copestake et al., 2005). We propose two possible approaches to analysing the A-NOT-A structure — a morphological/lexical approach as well as a syntactic approach — and illustrate their implementation, as well as their respective strengths and weaknesses.