Interpretations of Chinese Wh-phrases in Relative Clauses in Perspective of Cognitive Grammar

DOI

10.2991/iceess-18.2018.23How to use a DOI?

Keywords

questions, matrix verbs, Wh-movement, cognitive semantic features

Abstract

The paper demonstrates the differences of three relative clauses with Wh-phrases when they are the complements of “zhidao (to know)”, “wen (to ask)”, “xiangxin (to believe)” in the perspective of cognitive grammar. Chinese Wh-phrases in questions don’t need to be moved to the beginning of the sentences. The interpretation of questions or no questions of Chinese Wh-phrases in relative clauses is related to the semantic features of matrix verbs and inquiry interactivities of interpersonal communication.

Copyright

© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaoqiong Wang
AU  - Małgorzata Religa
AU  - Kałużyńska Irena
PY  - 2018/10
DA  - 2018/10
TI  - Interpretations of Chinese Wh-phrases in Relative Clauses in Perspective of Cognitive Grammar
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Education, Economics and Social Science (ICEESS 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 92
EP  - 94
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iceess-18.2018.23
DO  - 10.2991/iceess-18.2018.23
ID  - Wang2018/10
ER  -