The Logic of Reciprocity Revisited [electronic resource] : On the Interpretations of a Reciprocal Construction in Taiwanese / Jen-i Jelina Li.
This paper studies the semantic properties of a reciprocal construction in Taiwanese. Specific focus is on the real-world situations that this reciprocal construction may encode. First, the syntactic properties of the reciprocal construction "xiou"-V in Taiwanese, which are different from...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This paper studies the semantic properties of a reciprocal construction in Taiwanese. Specific focus is on the real-world situations that this reciprocal construction may encode. First, the syntactic properties of the reciprocal construction "xiou"-V in Taiwanese, which are different from these in English, are analyzed. Next, various reciprocal situations are discussed and compared with those of English examples. In addition, general schema reciprocals proposed by Langendoen (1978) are reviewed. A new schema, based on Oehrle's Austinian pluralities, is proposed to accommodate all types of reciprocal situations. (JL) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED382042. ERIC Note: For complete volume, see FL 023 039. |
| Physical Description: | 17 pages |
| Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note: | Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, v20 p85-100 1995. |