Abstract
This paper studies the adjectival modification to nouns in Mandarin Chinese based on selective binding. The main findings include: (1)An adjective can select different types of head nouns as arguments and an adjective may modify an individual or an event. (2)The qualia structure of a noun helps us better understand an adjective's selectional preference. Meanwhile, an adjective can modify multi-facet or one facet of the qualia role of a noun. (3) The adjacent adjective of a noun is not necessarily modifying the noun.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | PACLIC 24 - Proceedings of the 24th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation |
| Pages | 701-705 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2010 |
| Event | 24th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, PACLIC 24 - Sendai, Japan Duration: 4 Nov 2010 → 7 Nov 2010 |
Conference
| Conference | 24th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, PACLIC 24 |
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| Country | Japan |
| City | Sendai |
| Period | 4/11/10 → 7/11/10 |
Keywords
- Adjectival modification to nouns
- Qualia structure
- Selective binding
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Computer Science (miscellaneous)