#3646. The syntax of pronoun fronting in Late Archaic Chinese negated clauses

October 2026publication date
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Abstract:
The research proposes a syntactic analysis of the complex phenomenon of pronominal object fronting in negated clauses. In the context of the sentential negator, only pronouns base generated in the verb’s complement position undergo fronting. This accounts for the large number of cases in which pronoun fronting fails to take place in the context. I further show how the discrepancy between the two positions for negation is the result of diachronic change. Historically exhibited the same behavior as the other negators but came to occupy a lower position in the LAC period, which in turn resulted in the more local relationship of the base position of the pronominal object in LAC.
Keywords:
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