topic-comment-constructions

Gang Liu (Liu.Gang@uni-konstanz.de)
Mon, 26 May 1997 18:23:13 +0000

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Dear HPSG-friends,

Do you know any detailed discussions on topic-comment-constructions 
within G/HPSG?

Thanks!

Gang LIU

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Data in Chinese:

 topic             comment
	[zhe4	ge4  ren2], [er3duo1   ruan3]
  this	CL	   man	   ear	     soft

As for this man, the ear is soft (gullible.) 		(Chao, 1968:95)

  topic       comment
	[kan4	xi4],	[ta1	zhi3	kan4	xi4ju4]
   see	play	  he	only	see	comedy

As for plays, he only sees comedies. 		(Xu, 1985:19)


IN:

Chao, Yuen Ren (1968) A grammar of spoken Chinese. Univ. of California 
Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles.

Xu, Liejiong, Langendoe, D. Terence (1985) Topic Structures in Chinese, 
In: Language 61, 1985.
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