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The blocking effect in Vietnamese

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: This article explores a restriction on non-local binding in Vietnamese—the blocking effect—including a systematic comparison with its Mandarin Chinese counterpart. Our finding is that the blocking effect in Vietnamese appeared to be rather different from that in Mandarin but, in fact, employs essentially the same syntactic mechanism. While binding of Mandarin ziji is governed by a [+participant] feature, binding of the Vietnamese anaphor mình is governed by a [+author] feature. Together with the assumption of the presence of a silent performative frame, this derives that binding of Vietnamese mình yields what one may call an Author effect.

Source: Journal of East Asian Linguistics

DOI: 10.1007/s10831-023-09263-9

Authors: Quy Ngoc Thi Doan, Eric Reuland, Martin Everaert

Institutions: Utrecht University, Hue University of Education

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,780

Funder: Bộ Giáo dục và Ðào tạo