A GENERATIVE EXPLANATION OF POETIC PROSODY: DIFFERENCE AND INTERFACE BETWEEN LINGUISTIC AND MUSICAL RHYTHM Yinan Wu Abstract Although both language and music are governed by the “Biological Principle of Rhythm” (Feng 2022), the roles of repetition and alternation in the two domains differ significantly. In language, repetition and alternation exist within abstract phonological structure, and the repetition of phonetic units serves only rhetorical purposes. In contrast, the repetition of musical units is obligatory to construct a perceivable and predictable periodicity. This paper introduces the concept of “tactus,” identifying it as the inner pulse in human rhythmic perception, which can serve as an interface between linguistic and

FROM EVENT ANAPHORA TO COMPLEMENTIZER——AN EVIDENCE FROM SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN XINMI DIALECT “ZHE” Luohong  Si  Abstract Investigating Complementizer is a continuing concern within linguistics research. However, fewer scholars have been able to draw an any systematic research into the comparison of Chinese Complementizer and “that”. Whether there are Complementizer converted from demonstrative pronouns like ‘that’ in English has not been discovered yet. In spoken language in Xinmi dialect, “zhe” promotes the subsequent structure into a syntactically unself-contained clause, and guides it to serve as the subject and object in the sentence. In this case, “zhe” has already transformed as a typical clause tag but not a

OPTIONAL GAI IN HAKKA ADJECTIVAL MODIFICATION: ITS INTERPRETATION AND STRUCTURE Hsiao-hung Iris Wu Abstract This paper investigates the associative marker gai in Hakka complex noun phrases, exploring its syntax and semantics. It is argued that gai constitutes the formal correlate of a [CLASS] feature that linguistically identifies a class, or a subkind, to a kind denoted by the modified noun. The gai marker hosts a functional projection ClassP in the nominal structure and is shown to encode the concept of partitivity, namely denoting a potentially specific subset of a larger set. The analysis of gai as a class marker is shown to fit with the cross-linguistic

YUNJING XULI’S JIEYIN AND ITS SUBSEQUENT RHYME-TABLES Wuwei Li   Xueke Zhong Abstract Yunjing Xuli (韵镜·序例)’s Jieyin (借音) is an important theoretical issue in the study of the academic history of Yunjing (韵镜), which has not been paid enough attention in previous studies. Jieyin (借音)’s meaning is changing from the perspective of history of Yunjing (韵镜) study in East Asia. There are three subsequent rhyme tables: 1) the forms inconsistent with content of Xuli (序例), represented by Yūshaku’s Inkyō Kairen (韵镜开奁); 2) the forms reconstructing Yunjing (韵镜) based on Modern Chinese phonology, represented by Yuasa Jūken’s works; 3) the forms reconstructing Yunjing (韵镜) based on Huayin (华音)

STANDARD NEGATION IN GAOZHOU YUE Cherry Chit-Yu Lam Abstract This paper examines the negation system of Gaozhou Yue, an under-documented and under-studied Yue variety. The discussion takes the official documentation of the variety as a starting point, which reports two negators mau5 and mau5 jau5 to be equivalent to Mandarin méi(yǒu) and can appear interchangeably. Then based on systematic acceptability judgment data and field-recorded production data, the paper compares Gaozhou Yue and Mandarin negators and argues that (i) mau5 is resemblant to méi(yǒu) only in terms of viewpoint aspectual restrictions but has a much broader application where situation aspect is concerned; and (ii) mau5 and mau5

A TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN SYNTACTIC IDIOSYNCRASIES IN MANDARIN Lixin Jin Abstract This study examines the complexity of Mandarin syntax and addresses several long-standing problems in the field. To tackle these issues, it proposes a tripartite mixed model of core arguments—nominative, accusative, and absolutive—for Mandarin. Using this model, the paper provides a unified account of ten recurrent syntactic idiosyncrasies. It demonstrates systematic links between these phenomena and absolutive alignment, clarifying the crucial role of the absolutive relation and its grammatical significance in Mandarin. The findings show that Mandarin’s mixed configuration of nominative, accusative, and absolutive goes beyond the traditional subject–object dichotomy. From this broader perspective, many

ON THE SYNTACTIC REPRESENTATION OF CHINESE-STYLE TOPIC CONSTRUCTIONS AND THE RELATED TYPOLOGICAL VARIATION Jie Xu   Jie Cheng Abstract Researchers have long reached the consensus that in a Chinese-style topic construction the comment says something about the topic, but they are still divided as to how the semantic function of aboutness should be represented in syntax. The most up-to-date analyses of the construction, postulating a topic projection within the CP layer, does not supply a syntactic structure that can underpin the aboutness meaning or provide an adequate account of the essential semantic and syntactic properties of the construction. This study proposes a double-Infl configuration for Chinese-style topic

REVISITING YUEN REN CHAO’S PHONOLOGICAL THEORY AND PHONETIC DESCRIPTIONS ON MODERN MANDARIN Ik-sang Eom Abstract Yuen Ren Chao (1892–1982) was a pioneer in the field of Modern Chinese linguistics in the first half of the 20th century. This article aims to provide a brief overview of his phonological theory and analyze the validity of his views. Based on some current phonological theories, this article attempts to meticulously evaluate the appropriateness of Yuen Ren Chao’s linguistic research on phonemic function and his assertions regarding consonants, vowels, tones, stress, and other phonetic and phonological aspects of Modern Chinese.

汉语情态副词研究的方法论思考 杨才英 , 赵春利 摘要 为了精准定位情态副词的分布规律并据此提取其语义、情态，本文在 综述并吸收前人基于不同语法理论而采取的不同研究方法的基础上， 以语义语法为理论基础，根据情态副词的性质和特点，提出了四条方 法论原则。第一，前人的研究方法大致可分为四类：传统语法基于语 感的意义分类法、结构主义语法基于句法的分布辨义法、认知功能基 于情态的认知解释法和生成语法基于层次的制图排序法。第二，根据 语义语法理论，情态副词具有“指称情态而关联话语”的虚实兼备性 和四个特点：话语关联的制约性、句法分布的复杂性、语义提取的难 证性、情态内涵的难解性。第三，根据情态副词的性质和特点，语义 语法研究情态副词需要坚持四条原则：基于话语关联论由表及里多层 锚定话语功能的原则、基于句法制约论由大到小精确定位句法分布的 原则、基于语义决定论形意兼顾多元证明语法意义的原则、基于情态 因果论瞻前顾后系统解释情态内涵的原则。 关键词 情态副词, 语义语法, 话语关联, 正反验证

原始台语*Tr-组舌尖复辅音声母构拟新探：基于壮 语“石头”“根”“眼睛”等核心词声母的思考 鄢卓 , 曾晓渝 摘要 李方桂先生(Li 1977)为原始台语构拟了一组舌尖复辅音声母*thr-、 *dr-、*tr-，这组声母在系统内部与其他声母的共时语音表现存在纠葛 关系。文章通过分析壮语“石头”“根”“眼睛”等同源核心词的声 母，结合台语各分支的共时语音表现，并参考侗台语言的语音类型特 征，根据语音的系统性及“奥卡姆剃刀”原则，提出*Tr-组(*thr-、*dr-、 *tr-)舌尖复辅音声母可分别归入*hr-、*r-、*pr-三声母的设想。文章认 为个别方言点的语音差异可能是演变末端的异化形式，不宜作为原始 台语音类构拟的直接依据，历史构拟应允许零星方言演化末端语音对 应的参差。 关键词 原始台语, 舌尖复辅音, 声母, 壮语, 构拟