Adjectival Modification to Nouns in Mandarin Chinese: Case Studies on "cháng+noun" and "adjective+tú shu gu n"
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This paper studies the adjectival modification to nouns in Mandarin Chinese based on selective binding. The main findings include: (1)An adjective can select different types of head nouns as arguments and an adjective may modify an individual or an event. (2)The qualia structure of a noun helps us better understand an adjective’s selectional preference. Meanwhile, an adjective can modify multi-facet or one facet of the qualia role of a noun. (3) The adjacent adjective of a noun is not necessarily modifying the noun.
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