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Niina Ning Zhang

Niina Ning Zhang (born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, PR China) is a theoretical linguist specializing in Mandarin Chinese syntax and semantics.

Niina Ning Zhang
Born
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, PR China
Occupation(s)Researcher, professor of linguistics
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsNational Chung Cheng University, Taiwan (2003-)
Past:
ThesisSyntactic Dependencies in Mandarin Chinese (1997)
Doctoral advisors
Websitesites.google.com/view/lngnz

Education and career

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Zhang obtained her M.A. degree in linguistics from Shanghai International Studies University, Ph.D. degrees in linguistics from Shanghai International Studies University and, in 1997, from the University of Toronto, Canada.[5]

In 1997-2003, she was a researcher in Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS). Now she is a professor of the Institute of Linguistics, National Chung Cheng University.[6] She has also taught linguistic courses in Shanghai International Studies University, University of Toronto, and Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin.

Her research specialty is formal syntax, especially the syntax of coordinate constructions.[7] In her book Coordination in Syntax (2010 Cambridge University Press), she argues for four radical claims: (1) conjuncts are syntactically asymmetrical; (2) there is no independent syntactic category for coordinators; (3) Ross's (1967) Coordinate Structure Constraint is not a construction-specific syntactic constraint; (4) Across-The-Board Movement does not exist.

In her book Coordinate Structures (2023 Cambridge University Press), she further claims that the syntax of coordination and modification, the two types of non-argument relation, can be unified: they both have a categoryless functional element. She also identifies the linker position of coordinators and shared properties of coordinators and modification markers. She proposes the formulations of various coordinate constructions, including different types of the across-the-board constructions.

Main publications

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Books and Ph.D. dissertations

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  • Zhang, Ning. 2023. Coordinate Structures. Elements in Generative Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Zhang, N. 2013. Classifier Structures in Mandarin Chinese. Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter.
  • Zhang, N. 2010. Coordination in Syntax. Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series 123, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Schwabe, Kerstin and N. Zhang (eds.). 2000. Ellipsis in Conjunction. Tuebingen: Niemeyer.
  • Zhang, N. 1997. Syntactic Dependencies in Mandarin Chinese. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Toronto.
  • Zhang, N. 1990. Chinese Slips of the Tongue and Models of Language Production. Ph.D. dissertation. Shanghai International Studies University.

Main journal articles

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Main book chapter articles

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  • Zhang, N. 2017b. Verbal classifiers. In R. Sybesma, W. Behr, Y. Gu, Z. Handel, C.-T. J. Huang, & J. Myers (eds.), Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics. Leiden: Brill. Vol. 1: 627-631.
  • Zhang, N. 2017a. Adpositions. In R. Sybesma, W. Behr, Y. Gu, Z. Handel, C.-T. J. Huang, & J. Myers (eds.), Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics. Leiden: Brill. Vol. 1: 116-122.
  • Zhang, N. 2012. Countability and numeral classifiers in Mandarin Chinese. In Diane Massam (ed.), Count and Mass Across Languages. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 220-237.
  • Zhang, N. 2009. The Syntax of Relational-Nominal Second Constructions in Chinese. Yuyanxue Luncong 39. Beijing: Peking University Press: 257-301.
  • Zhang, N. 2007. On the Categorial Issue of Coordination. Lingua et Linguistica 1.1. Lulu Press: 7-45.
  • Zhang, N. 2002. Movement within a Spatial Phrase. In: Hubert Cuyckens and Guenter Radden (eds.), Perspectives on Prepositions. Linguistische Arbeiten. Band 454. Tuebingen: Max Niemeyer: 47–63.

References

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  1. ^ "Outstanding Research Award". Ministry of Science and Technology. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  2. ^ "Ministry of Education Academic Award". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  3. ^ "Scholarly Monograph Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  4. ^ "Award for Junior Research Investigators". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  5. ^ "PhD Alumni". Department of Linguistics. 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  6. ^ "Niina Ning Zhang". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  7. ^ "Niina Ning Zhang". scholar.google.com.tw. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
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