The Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics

The Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics
Author: Yicheng Wu
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2017-02-17
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1315280647

4.1 Predicative construction -- 4.2 Emphatic construction -- 5 Summary -- 7 The cleft construction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Previous analyses -- 3 A dynamic analysis -- 4 Summary -- 8 Semantic underspecification: Cases of personal pronouns -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Previous analysis of expletive ta -- 3 A dynamic analysis -- 3.1 A dynamic analysis of the typical and non-typical referential construal of ta -- 3.2 A dynamic analysis of the expletive construal of ta -- 3.3 Scope interpretation and expletive ta -- 3.4 Some implications -- 4 Summary -- 9 Conclusion -- 1 Contributions to Chinese linguistics -- 2 Reflections on linguistic theorizing -- Bibliography -- Index

The Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics

The Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics
Author: Yicheng Wu
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2017-02-17
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1315280639

The Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics provides an in-depth exploration of a variety of interface phenomena in Chinese, a non-inflectional language, where to a large extent word order constrains its interpretation and defines its grammatical functions. Under the Dynamic Syntax approach, which takes the incremental left-to-right processing of linguistic forms to be a fundamental part of characterizing the relation between syntactic structure and semantic interpretation, a straightforward explanation is provided. The study features detailed analysis of a range of key grammatical constructions such as topic, passive, copular and cleft, where previous analyses were sought in pure syntactic, semantic or pragmatic terms. Clear and straightforward throughout, The Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics will be of interest to graduate students and scholars of Chinese, linguistics and cognitive science.

Studies of Chinese Linguistics

Studies of Chinese Linguistics
Author: Janet Zhiqun Xing
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2009-02-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9622099645

The nine essays in this volume present the most recent developments in the study of Chinese linguistic research using functional approaches. Topics discussed in the volume include Chinese typology, word order variation, word formation, semantic change, cognition, discourse analysis, interface among syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, and grammaticalization. Studies of Chinese Linguistics will be a valuable and stimulating reference for graduate students and researchers interested in functional linguistics. Readers in general and applied linguistics will also appreciate the insights it offers into the interaction of Chinese form and function.

The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Interfaces

The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Interfaces
Author: Gillian Ramchand
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 686
Release: 2007-02-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199247455

'The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Interfaces' explores how the core components of the language faculty interact. This book shows how these interactions are reflected in linguistic and cognitive theory, considers what they reveal, and looks at their reflections in expression and communication.

Between Syntax and Semantics

Between Syntax and Semantics
Author: C.T. James Huang
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 487
Release: 2010-04-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1135217580

This indispensable volume contains articles that represent the best of Huang's work on the syntax-semantics interface over the last two decades. It includes three general topics: (a) questions, indefinites and quantification, (b) anaphora, (c) lexical structure and the syntax of events.

Chinese Syntax in a Cross-linguistic Perspective

Chinese Syntax in a Cross-linguistic Perspective
Author: Yen-hui Audrey Li
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2015
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0199945675

Chinese Syntax in a Cross-linguistic Perspective collects twelve new papers that explore the syntax of Chinese in comparison with other languages.

Chinese Grammar at Work

Chinese Grammar at Work
Author: Shuanfan Huang
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2013-12-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027271364

Chinese Grammar at Work adopts a cognitive-functional approach and uses a corpus-based methodology to examine how Chinese syntax emerges from natural discourse context and what the evolving grammar at work looks like. In this volume the author weaves together an array of fresh perspectives on clause structure, constructions, interactional linguistics, cognitive science and complex dynamic systems to construct a grammar of spoken Chinese. The volume contains discussions of a large number of topics: contiguity relation, the roles of repair strategies in the shaping of constituent structure, non-canonical word order constructions, pragmatics of referring expressions, classifier constructions, noun-modifying constructions, verb complementation, ethnotheory of the person and constructions specific to the language of emotion, sequential sensitivity of linguistic materials, meaning potential in interaction, the nature of variability and stability in Chinese syntax from the perspective of complexity theory. The result is a volume that highlights the connections between language structure, situated and embodied nature of cognition and language use, and affords a true entrée to the exciting realm of Chinese grammar.

Current Issues in Syntactic Cartography

Current Issues in Syntactic Cartography
Author: Fuzhen Si
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2021-10-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027259771

This book illustrates recent developments in cartographic studies, seen from a comparative perspective. The different chapters explore various aspects of theoretical and descriptive syntax, bearing on such topics as selection, causativity, binding, light verb constructions, the structure of the high and low peripheral zones. Syntactic issues in the study of dialects and ancient languages are also addressed. The languages investigated include French, Hebrew, Standard Dutch and the Ghent dialect, Etruscan, Japanese, English, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese and the Teochew dialect. The intended readers of this book include researchers and students working on natural language syntax, the interface between syntax and semantics/pragmatics, and comparative and typological linguistics, as well as scholars interested in particular languages such as East Asian and Romance languages.

The Semantics of Chinese Classifiers and Linguistic Relativity

The Semantics of Chinese Classifiers and Linguistic Relativity
Author: Song Jiang
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2017-06-26
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1351967312

The Semantics of Chinese Classifiers and Linguistic Relativity focuses on the semantic structure of Chinese classifiers under the cognitive linguistics framework, and the implications thereof on linguistic relativity and language acquisition. It examines the semantic correlation between a given classifier and its associated nouns. Nouns in Chinese, which are assigned specific classifiers according to their selected characteristics, reflect the process of human categorization. The concrete categories formed by the relationship between nouns and classifiers may serve to explain the conceptual structure of the Chinese language and certain underlying aspects of culture and human cognition. Song Jiang is Assistant Professor of Chinese for the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at university of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.