Abstract: Clauses can function as syntactic elements other than predicate.Chinese clauses,unlike western linguistic clause relativization,have neither linguistic relativization,nor requirement for saturation of arguments.Various types of sub-clauses of western languages can be summarized as attributive clauses in Chinese;Chinese clauses in attributive position have no difference from common attributes.There are various linking elements between attributes and phrasal head:various:auxiliary de,indicative terms,quantifiers and numerals.Linking terms have two functions:attributive/head marking.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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