Browsing by Author "Yang, Fengrong"

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  • Argument realization: grammatical function and case assignment
    Yang, Fengrong (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-10-04)
    In this dissertation we propose a new mapping theory within the OT-LFG framework to account for the fact that in Catalan and other Romance languages, the direct argument of intransitive verbs (whether unaccusative or ...
  • Catalan intransitive verbs and argument realization
    Alsina i Keith, Àlex; Yang, Fengrong (CSLI Publications, 2018)
    The goal of this paper is to analyze the behavior of the single direct argument of intransitive verbs in Catalan, including its encoding as a grammatical function, verbal agreement, case assignment, and expression by means ...
  • Constraining expletives in English
    Alsina i Keith, Àlex; Yang, Fengrong (CSLI Publications, 2019)
    This paper aims to present a theory of expletives1 in English within LFG in which the distribution of expletives follows from general principles and from the lexical entries of the relevant expletives. Consequently, ...
  • On resumptive pronouns in Chinese relative clauses: an LFG approach
    Yang, Fengrong (2017)
    This current study provides an LFG approach to the resumptive pronoun phenomenon in Chinese relative clauses. We first reclassify the relativization in Chinese according to grammatical functions and then give a detailed ...