The Even Yearbook 16 (2024)

 volume  16 (2024)
 pages  1–13
 author  Yue Xing and Marcel den Dikken
 title  Ā-dependencies in conditionals: The view from Mandarin
 DOI  http://doi.org/10.57133/evenyrbk.24xd
 keywords  Mandarin conditionals, Ā-dependency, ‘even’ focalization, topic fronting
 abstract  Mandarin Chinese conditional ‘if’-clauses are introduced by ru, optionally combined with guo. The two versions differ concerning their tolerance of focus and topic fronting: ‘bare’ ru is compatible with focus on the subject but allows focus fronting of non-subjects only marginally, and strongly resists topic fronting; ru guo conditionals, by contrast, are consistently tolerant of focus, and enable topic fronting to the same extent that topicalization is permitted in clauses that serve as complements of matrix factive predicates. The paper proposes an explanatory syntactic analysis of the restriction imposed on focus and topic fronting on Mandarin conditional clauses, embedded within a principled syntax of conditionals, focus fronting, and topic fronting.
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  author  = {Yue Xing and Marcel den Dikken},
  title   = {Ā-dependencies in conditionals: {T}he view from {M}andarin},
  year    = 2024,
  journal = {The Even Yearbook},
  volume  = 16,
  pages   = {1–13},
  url     = {http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/24xd}
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Xing, Yue and Marcel den Dikken. 2024. Ā-dependencies in conditionals: The view from Mandarin. The Even Yearbook 16: 1–13. http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/24xd