The Chinese copula SHI and Its Origin: A Congnitive-based Approach

The Chinese copula SHI and Its Origin: A Congnitive-based Approach

This paper discusses the proposals of Li and Thompson (1977), Yen (1986), and Feng (1993) in relation to the development of the Chinese copula and argues that Li and Thompson’s suggestion of a topic mechanism, Yen’s analogical change, and Feng’s phonological pause are unsatisfactory in explaining th...

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Main Author: Jung-hsing Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Crane Publishing Co 2006-06-01
Series:Taiwan Journal of Linguistics
Online Access:http://tjl.nccu.edu.tw/volume4-1/copula-shi_0619.pdf
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spelling doaj-33ab1ef8da244add8573c052aae82c472020-11-25T01:12:26ZengCrane Publishing CoTaiwan Journal of Linguistics1729-46492006-06-0141131156The Chinese copula SHI and Its Origin: A Congnitive-based Approach Jung-hsing ChangThis paper discusses the proposals of Li and Thompson (1977), Yen (1986), and Feng (1993) in relation to the development of the Chinese copula and argues that Li and Thompson’s suggestion of a topic mechanism, Yen’s analogical change, and Feng’s phonological pause are unsatisfactory in explaining the development of the copula. It is suggested that Katz’s (1996) cognitive concept of existence in time and space between pronouns and copulas is what relates the demonstrative pronoun shi to a copula, while the verbal form shi occurring in the same syntactic context as the demonstrative pronoun shi is what triggers this demonstrative pronoun to turn into a copula.http://tjl.nccu.edu.tw/volume4-1/copula-shi_0619.pdf
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description This paper discusses the proposals of Li and Thompson (1977), Yen (1986), and Feng (1993) in relation to the development of the Chinese copula and argues that Li and Thompson’s suggestion of a topic mechanism, Yen’s analogical change, and Feng’s phonological pause are unsatisfactory in explaining the development of the copula. It is suggested that Katz’s (1996) cognitive concept of existence in time and space between pronouns and copulas is what relates the demonstrative pronoun shi to a copula, while the verbal form shi occurring in the same syntactic context as the demonstrative pronoun shi is what triggers this demonstrative pronoun to turn into a copula.
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