UID:
almahu_9949386202902882
Format:
1 online resource (269 pages)
ISBN:
9781000707328
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1000707326
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9780367373399
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0367373394
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9781000707588
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100070758X
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9781000707458
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1000707458
Series Statement:
China perspectives
Uniform Title:
Han yu gong neng yu fa yan jiu.
Content:
The functional perspective on Chinese syntax has yielded various new achievements since its introduction to Chinese linguistics in the 1980s. This two-volume book is one of the earliest and most influential works to study the Chinese language using functional grammar. With local Beijing vernacular (Pekingese) as a basis, the information structure and focus structure of the Chinese language are systematically examined. By using written works and recordings from Beijingers, the authors discuss topics such as the relationship between word order and focus, and the distinction between normal focus and contrastive focus. In addition, the authors also subject the reference and grammatical categories of the Chinese language to a functional scrutiny while discussion of word classes and their functions creatively combines modern linguistic theories and traditional Chinese linguistic theories. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese linguistics and linguistics in general.
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: corpus and approach -- Part I Information structure -- 1 Thematic structure of spoken Pekingese -- 2 Thematic structure in narration: sentence-middle modal particle -- 3 Thematic structure in conversation: an analysis of translocation -- Part II Focus structure -- 4 Word order: object vs. directional complement -- 5 Word order: object vs. verbal classifier -- 6 Means for contrastive focus representation -- Part III Backgrounding constructions
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In English translated from the original Chinese.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Zhang, Bojiang. Research on Functional Grammar of Chinese I : Information Structure and Word Ordering Selection. Milton : Routledge, ©2020 ISBN 9780367368517
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9780367373399
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367373399
