Modals in mandarin chinese and universal base hypothesis

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Author(s) : badan linda
università di padova
Abstract I test Cinque’s “Universal Base Hypothesis” (1999) by examining modal projections distribution in Mandarin Chinese. I am able to define an order of its modal elements which is consistent with that independently argued for on the basis of Romance.
Keywords modalsMandarin ChineseGenerative Syntax

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