The Head of the Chinese Adjectives and ABB Reduplication  

作　　者：WANG Zhi-jun 

机构地区：[1]University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, USA

出　　处：《US-China Foreign Language》2014年第5期349-359,共11页美中外语（英文版）

摘　　要：This study investigates whether the head of the Chinese adjective compounds is on the left or right or on both sides. Using the ABB type of adjectives as evidence, the author argues that the head of the Chinese adjectives is more likely on the left than on the right. This study supports the Headedness Principle and also calls into question whether a suffix is the head of a word as traditionally assumed in morphology. On the other hand, it also provides evidence that reduplication is a compounding process as Haugen （2008） has claimed since most of the reduplicated constituents of ABB have a specific lexical meaning and many of them can be used as independent words.

关 键 词：ADJECTIVE HEAD compound ABB reduplication reanalysis INFIX suffixation gestalt word 

分 类 号：TQ221.211[化学工程—有机化工] TP391.12[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术]