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Re: Mandarin Relative Clauses?

From:DOUGLAS KOLLER <laokou@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 15, 2000, 11:19
From: "Henrik Theiling"

> I'm currently trying to understand Mandarin Chinese grammar. I'd like > to know whether you think that the analysis of attributive adjectives > as relative clauses is justified?
> I asked a person with mother tongue Mandarin about this. Obviously, > the categorisation is less obvious as it seems, since `hao' (good) > seems to change its meaning if used attributively, preventing a clear > classification is a relative clause from the syntax only point.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean in this last sentence, but I would say the argument is justified. What did the native speaker say? Kou