On Licensing Conditions for Nominal Independent Clauses:A Perspective of Grounding
Although widely used,the licensing conditions for nominal independent clauses remain unresolved.The grounding theory provides a new analytical approach to solving this problem.Based on this theory,the concept of"quasi-grounding elements"for Chinese nominal independent clauses is proposed in the present study,and the licensing conditions as well as the cognitive motivations for different subtypes of nouns have been explored.The main research findings are as follows:Firstly,the licensing condition for a monosyllabic proper noun is that it should be grounded with quasi-grounding elements such as a title,and the licensing condition for an individual noun is influenced by the means of construal.Secondly,material,abstract and collective nouns cannot stand alone in the same way as a sentence does,except if they are in the form of boundarization or appear in the modifier-head construction.The novelty of this study is that it not only solves the long-standing problems regarding the licensing conditions for nominal independent clauses,but also contributes to the exploration of licensing conditions for other parts of speech.
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