Chinese Relative Clauses as Reduced (Participial) Relative Clauses.
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| Title: | Chinese Relative Clauses as Reduced (Participial) Relative Clauses. |
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| Authors: | Cinque, Guglielmo1 cinque@unive.it |
| Source: | Researching & Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. Dec2025, Vol. 5 Issue 2, p115-130. 16p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Comparative studies, Relative clauses, Chinese language, Semantics, Clauses (Grammar) |
| Abstract: | The two possible positions of relative clauses (RCs) in Chinese (the pre-demonstrative one and the post-demonstrative, post-numeral and post-classifier one: |
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| Abstract: | The two possible positions of relative clauses (RCs) in Chinese (the pre-demonstrative one and the post-demonstrative, post-numeral and post-classifier one: <RC1> – Demonstrative – Numeral – Classifier – <RC2> – AP- Noun) have, since Chao's (1968) characterization of RC1 as "restrictive" and RC2 as "descriptive" (nonrestrictive), made Chinese RCs appear quite different from the RCs of other languages (even in conflict with the standard semantics of restrictive and nonrestrictive RCs). A comparative perspective may make Chinese RCs appear less unique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 20531788 |
| DOI: | 10.3138/rtcfl-2025-0003 |
