NACCL-21

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Proceedings of the 21st North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-21)

Volumes 1 and 2

Edited by

  • Yun Xiao

June 6 to 8, 2009

Published by Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island

Distributed by NACCL Proceedings Online

  • The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

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Volume 1

(copyright page, table of contents for volume 1, preface, acknowledgment and NACCL Conferences, 1989-2009)

  • NACCL-21 Papers: Part 1  (pp. 1 – 27)
  • Invited Papers   (Numbered 1 to 2)
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  • NACCL-21 Papers: Part 2 – Part 4  (pp. 28 – 208)
  • Main Session Papers   (Numbered 2 to 15)
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Volume 2

(copyright page and table of contents for volume 2)

  • NACCL-21 Papers: Part 5 – Part 6   (pp. 209 – 600)
  • Main Session Papers   (Numbered 16 to 39)
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Volume 1

Part 1. Invited Papers (1 – 2)

1. Yen-Hwei Lin

Loanword adaptation and phonological theory (p. 1)

2. Hongyin Tao

Core vocabulary in spoken Mandarin and the integration of corpus- based findings into language pedagogy (p. 13)

Part 2. Phonetics and Phonology (1 – 10)

3. Yufen Chang

The phonology of ABB reduplication in Taiwanese (p. 28)

4. Yen-Chen Hao

Tonal adaptation of English loanwords in Cantonese (p. 42)

5. Ting L. Huang 

Prosodic influences on Chinese tongue twisters (p. 55)

6. Chien-Hui Lee

The reconstruction of sk- and kr- clusters about Fang Kuei Li (p. 65)

7. Yu-Leng Lin

Tests of analytic bias in native Mandarin speakers and native southern Min speakers (p. 81)

8. Hsiu-Hsueh Liu 劉秀雪

漢語鼻尾小稱與詞根的互動 (p. 93)

9. Chin-Wei Wu

Partial-reduplication with fixed segmentism in Chinese dialects—An Optimality Theory Approach   (p. 108)

10. Huili Zhang 张慧丽

偃师方言的儿化及相关问题   (p. 120)

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Part 3. Studies in Language Acquisition  (11 – 14)

11. Agnes Weiyun He

Conversational repair: Where modality and morality converge   (p. 138)

12. Jidong Chen and Ruixi Ai

Encoding motion and state change in L2 Mandarin   (p. 149)

13. Po-Ting Chen

Topic and topic-comment structures in first language acquisition of Mandarin Chinese   (p. 165)

14. Hsiang-Ting Andrea Wu

Roles of pictures and native language in lexical processing for elementary American learners   (p. 178)

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Part 4. Study in Historical Linguistics   (15)

15. Jung-Im Chang

Grammatical changes reflected in the chapters “Yaodian” (堯典) and “Gaoyao mo” 皋陶謨 in the Shangshu (尚書) and relevant chapters in Shiji 史記   (p. 196)

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Part 5. Semantics and Syntax: A Functional Approach   (16 – 29)

16. Liang Tao

Serial verb construction in Mandarin Chinese: The interface of syntax and semantics   (p. 209)

17. Tao Ming

Grammatical roles of the head noun in Chinese relative clauses   (p. 229)

18. Hui Cao

Discourse-oriented distributivity in Mandarin Chinese (p. 247)

19. Xiao-Qin Deng 邓小琴

香港粤语入文变异研究1: 以香港报刊杂志语言使用为例   (p. 256)

20. Chin-Man Kuo

The meaning of S-topics in Mandarin: A crosslinguistic comparison   (p. 271)

21. Pei-Jung Kuo

Possessor raising and BA construction   (p. 291)

22. Zanhui Huang and Yan Jiang

The function of měi in měi-NPs   (p. 304)

23. Ni Eng Lim

Stance-taking with Wo Jue De in conversational Chinese   (p. 323)

24. Wan-Hua Lin

Preferred argument structure in Chinese: A comparison among conversations, narratives and written texts   (p. 341)

25. Binmei Liu

Chinese discourse markers in oral speech of mainland Mandarin speakers   (p. 358)

26. Tom McClive

Romanization patterns in Chinese as evidenced by a personal name corpus   (p. 375)

27. Fei Ren

Aspect and modality of yinggai   (p. 388)

28. Juan Wang

A corpus-based study on the Chinese near-synonymous verbs of running   (p. 399)

29. Hui Zhang 张慧

现代汉语非宾格结构的内部句法差异   (p. 417)

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Part 6. Studies in Generative Grammar (30 – 39)

30. Y.-H. Audrey Li and Shi-Zhe Huang

Looking into clauses   (p. 436)

31. Hsiang-Yun Chen

Logophoricity and ziji   (p. 464)

32. Hsu-Te Johnny Cheng

Right node raising: Some perspectives from Mandarin Chinese   (p. 482)

33. I-Ta Chris Hsieh

Even-focus and VP-fronting in Mandarin Chinese   (p. 494)

34. Rui-heng Ray Huang

Resolving a subject-object asymmetry with respect to existential polarity Wh-phrases   (p. 508)

35. Xiao-You Kevin Huang

Multiple-modal constructions in Mandarin Chinese: A cartographic approach and an MP perspective   (p. 524)

36. Chao Li

Argument realization: Particularities and universals   (p. 541)

37. Grant Xiaoguang Li

Distributivity in ellipsis in Chinese   (p. 553)

38. Kening Li

An OT analysis of informational focus in Mandarin Chinese   (p. 566)

39. Lyn Shan Tieu

Standard vs. sideward movement in verb copying   (p. 584)

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