Abstract
This paper investigates the clausal embedding pattern of the Mandarin verb “xiang” (think) and reveals its internal anti-interrogative nature, with the possibility of “xiang Q” in certain cases. Through various stativity tests, I establish that the results are consistent with the generalization proposed by Özyıldız(2021), with “minor” deviations observed in the stativity of “xiang P” and the correlation with neg-raising. Additionally, I employ a semantic shift perspective to explain instances of neg-raising failure. Overall, this study sheds light on the unique characteristics of the verb “xiang” and contributes to a better cross-linguistic understanding of CP selection.- Anthology ID:
- 2023.inqbnb-1.5
- Volume:
- Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Inquisitiveness Below and Beyond the Sentence Boundary
- Month:
- June
- Year:
- 2023
- Address:
- Nancy, France
- Editors:
- Valentin D. Richard, Floris Roelofsen
- Venues:
- InqBnB | WS
- SIG:
- SIGSEM
- Publisher:
- Association for Computational Linguistics
- Note:
- Pages:
- 40–49
- Language:
- URL:
- https://preview.aclanthology.org/remove-affiliations/2023.inqbnb-1.5/
- DOI:
- Cite (ACL):
- Anshun Zheng. 2023. Dynamic Questions: Evidence from Mandarin Think–”Xiang”. In Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Inquisitiveness Below and Beyond the Sentence Boundary, pages 40–49, Nancy, France. Association for Computational Linguistics.
- Cite (Informal):
- Dynamic Questions: Evidence from Mandarin Think–”Xiang” (Zheng, InqBnB 2023)
- PDF:
- https://preview.aclanthology.org/remove-affiliations/2023.inqbnb-1.5.pdf