Wednesday, 8 August 2007

some examples to illustrate that Chinese is more semantic than syntactic

Try to do the following sentence comprehensions:

(1.1) 我挠的他很痒
Who is itchy? (a) 我 (b) 他

(1.2) 我找的他很苦
Who is anxious? (a) 我 (b) 你

(2.1) 我们大胜对手
Who won? (a) 我们 (b) 对手

(2.2) 我们大败对手
Who won? (a) 我们 (b) 对手

(3.1) 他高中,我本科。
What verb is omitted?

(3.2) 他宝马,我夏利
What verb is omitted?

(3.3) 他志强,我志国
What verb is omitted?

(4.1) 他吃面包
What did he eat?

(4.2) 他吃饭馆
What did he eat?

(5.1) 我们擦玻璃了
Who did what to who?

(5.2) 地板擦干净了
Who did what to who?

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