Compounding Is Semantics-driven in Chinese

Zuoyan Song, Jiajuan Xiong, Qingqing Zhao, Chu-Ren Huang

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Abstract

Current studies of semantic word formation of Chinese compounds aim to work out collocational patterns and semantic patterns. In addition to investigating the surface semantic relations among the composing morphemes of compound words, researchers adopt the methods of semantic-syntactic analyses of sentences and study the predicative relation among the composing morphemes. Rather than introducing argument structure, it might be better to make use of qualia structure to analyze the semantic structure of nominal compounds.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Cambridge Handbook of Chinese Linguistics
EditorsChu-Ren Huang, Yen-Hwei Lin, I-Hsuan Chen, Yu-Yin Hsu
PublisherCambridge University Press
Chapter10
Pages198-220
ISBN (Electronic)9781108329019
ISBN (Print)9781108420075
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Aug 2022

Publication series

NameCambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
PublisherCambridge University Press

Keywords

  • semantic word formation
  • qualia structure
  • argument structure
  • predicate relation

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