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Authors: Yue Yu and Yicheng Wu

Affiliation: Zhejiang University, China

Keyword(s): Mandarin, Elliptical Predicate Construction, Pro-form, Semantic Underspecification, Pragmatic Enrichment, Context.

Abstract: This paper attempts to present a unitary account of a range of elliptical predicate constructions in Mandarin, such as Null Object Constructions, English-like VP ellipsis constructions, and gapping constructions. It is argued that (i) from an interpretative perspective, the ellipsis site in the above-mentioned elliptical constructions can be uniformly analyzed as a pro-form with underspecified content; (ii) the interpretation of both syntactically and semantically underspecified constructions as such is crucially dependent on context. Within the framework of Dynamic Syntax (Kempson et al. 2001; Cann et al. 2005), the null object in Null Object Constructions, the null verb phrase in English-like VP ellipsis constructions and the null verb in gapping constructions are consistently analyzed as projecting a metavariable whose semantic value is pragmatically enriched from context by means of “substitution”/“re-use”. It is thus shown that syntactic and pragmatic processes interact to deter mine the underspecified content of elliptical predicate constructions in Mandarin. The dynamic analysis proposed provides a formal and unitary characterization of a variety of elliptical constructions without any stipulations. (More)

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Yu, Y. and Wu, Y. (2016). The Interpretation of Elliptical Predicate Constructions in Mandarin: Semantic Underspecification and Pragmatic Enrichment. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ORG/PUANLP 2016) - Volume 1: PUaNLP; ISBN 978-989-758-172-4; ISSN 2184-433X, SciTePress, pages 323-334. DOI: 10.5220/0005830003230334

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title={The Interpretation of Elliptical Predicate Constructions in Mandarin: Semantic Underspecification and Pragmatic Enrichment},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ORG/PUANLP 2016) - Volume 1: PUaNLP},
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JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ORG/PUANLP 2016) - Volume 1: PUaNLP
TI - The Interpretation of Elliptical Predicate Constructions in Mandarin: Semantic Underspecification and Pragmatic Enrichment
SN - 978-989-758-172-4
IS - 2184-433X
AU - Yu, Y.
AU - Wu, Y.
PY - 2016
SP - 323
EP - 334
DO - 10.5220/0005830003230334
PB - SciTePress

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