Abstract
This chapter explores the morphological poverty of the Chinese from an empirical perspective. Until recently, the nature of affixation in Chinese is still not well recognized and has been one of the hotly debated topics in Chinese morphology. Based on the CKIP Morphological Database (incl. 4025 “affixes” in Chinese), this chapter covers the issue of the lack of affixation in Chinese based on a range of linguistic facts and empirical arguments such as lack of productivity and irregularities in word-formation rules.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Cambridge Handbook of Chinese Linguistics |
| Editors | Chu-Ren Huang, Yen-Hwei Lin, I-Hsuan Chen, Yu-Yin Hsu |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Chapter | 8 |
| Pages | 158-173 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108329019 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781108420075 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 4 Aug 2022 |
Publication series
| Name | Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 1 No Poverty
Keywords
- derivation
- affixation
- Chinese morphology
- statistical modeling
- morphological productivity
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