Morphological contrasts between the locative names of chinese mandarin and Spanish

Abstract

The examination of the different lexical formation of locative nouns in Chinese and Spanish schemes permits us to observe the relation between those most systematic and productive mechanisms of both languages. Thus, it is verified the equivalence between the nominal nucleus of the Spanish phrasal composition and the Chinese locative components. However, the Spanish’s locative nouns seem not to present the similarity to the grammaticalization progress that some Chinese locative components have experienced, on the other hand, it is pointed out that while some Chinese locative components achieve certain lexical autonomy in particular context; other components correspond functionally to the Spanish suffixes elements.