Markedness relation, identity avoidance, and clausal recursion in Mandarin Chinese

This paper uses optimality theory (OT) to account for the phenomenon of identity occurrence resulting from clausal recursion, which we argue is derived from syntactic embedding and syntactic adjunction. This paper shows that the interaction between faithfulness and economy constraints allows for the...

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Published in:Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics 2021-11, Vol.57 (3), p.429-469
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OT syntax
Recursion
Semantics
Syntactic structures
Syntax
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