Prosodically constrained postverbal PPs in Mandarin Chinese

Shengli Feng

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Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Phonetics and Phonology Research Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition

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This article discusses postverbal PPs in Mandarin Chinese and proposes that the constraints on postverbal PPs are not syntactic per se, but prosodic in character. It is shown that the NSR (Nuclear Stress Rule), formulated in terms of government, is responsible for the grammaticality of postverbal PPs in Mandarin Chinese.

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