Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics – serie
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Nature of Variation in Tone Sandhi Patterns of Shanghai and Wuxi Wu
Av Hanbo Yan
Inbunden, 2017
1136 kr
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This book conducts a thorough investigation of the variation in tone sandhi patterns of Shanghai and Wuxi Wu using quantitative rating experiments. Although Shanghai Wu has been well documented, to date there has never been any quantitative study that systematically investigates the factors that …
Lexical Semantic Study of Chinese Opposites
Av Jing Ding
Inbunden, 2017
555 kr
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This book studies Chinese opposites. It uses a large corpus (GigaWord) to trace the behavior of opposite pairings’ co-occurrence, focusing on the following questions: In what types of constructions, from window-size restricted and bi-syllabic to quad-syllabic, will the opposite pairings appear …
Chinese Middle Constructions
Lexical Middle Formation
Inbunden, 2017
572 kr
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This book defines Chinese middle constructions as generic constructions, with their highest syntactically saturated argument always understood as an arbitrary one. This working definition sets “middle construction” apart from “middle voice” in that it can be instantiated by various constructions in …
Varieties of Alternatives
Focus Particles and wh-Expressions in Mandarin
Av Mingming Liu
Inbunden, 2017
572 kr
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This book concerns two focus particles (jiu, dou) and wh-expressions (shenme = ‘what’, na geren = ‘which person’) in Mandarin Chinese. These items are systematically ‘ambiguous’ and have played important roles in various aspects of Mandarin grammar. An idea based on alternatives and varieties of …
Diachrony of Tone Sandhi
Evidence from Southern Min Chinese
Av Qing Lin
Inbunden, 2018
572 kr
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This book investigates the diachronic change of the tone sandhi of Southern Min Chinese, which is known for its synchronic arbitrariness and opacity. It argues that in final-prominent tone sandhi, the change of final tones and the change of non-final tones can be highly independent and essentially …
New Perspectives on Aspect and Modality in Chinese Historical Linguistics
Inbunden, 2019
572 kr
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This book presents new perspectives on the study of Aspect and Modality in Chinese Historical Linguistics. Based on the international Workshop on Aspect and Modality in Chinese, the book includes the latest research findings in the field to make them available not only to specialists in Classical …
Motion in Chinese
Event Conceptualization and Grammatical Realization
Av Chengzhi Chu
Inbunden, 2024
1608 kr
Kommande
Motion is one of the most basic human experiences, and it provides an important window for looking into human cognition and language. Within the paradigm of cognitive semantics, this book presents a comprehensive study of the conceptualization and linguistic representation of motion in Mandarin …
Substantive Bias and Natural Classes
An Empirical Approach
Av Yu-Leng Lin
Inbunden, 2019
569 kr
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This book offers a laboratory phonological analysis of the sonority hierarchy and natural classes in nasal harmony using an artificial grammar-learning paradigm. It is aimed at postgraduate students and linguists in general whose research interests lie in phonology, phonetics, and/or …
Diachrony of Tone Sandhi
Evidence from Southern Min Chinese
Av Qing Lin
Häftad, 2019
572 kr
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This book investigates the diachronic change of the tone sandhi of Southern Min Chinese, which is known for its synchronic arbitrariness and opacity. It argues that in final-prominent tone sandhi, the change of final tones and the change of non-final tones can be highly independent and essentially …
Lexical Semantic Study of Chinese Opposites
Av Jing Ding
Häftad, 2019
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book studies Chinese opposites. It uses a large corpus (GigaWord) to trace the behavior of opposite pairings’ co-occurrence, focusing on the following questions: In what types of constructions, from window-size restricted and bi-syllabic to quad-syllabic, will the opposite pairings appear …
Chinese Middle Constructions
Lexical Middle Formation
Häftad, 2019
572 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book defines Chinese middle constructions as generic constructions, with their highest syntactically saturated argument always understood as an arbitrary one. This working definition sets “middle construction” apart from “middle voice” in that it can be instantiated by various constructions in …
Varieties of Alternatives
Focus Particles and wh-Expressions in Mandarin
Av Mingming Liu
Häftad, 2018
572 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book concerns two focus particles (jiu, dou) and wh-expressions (shenme = ‘what’, na geren = ‘which person’) in Mandarin Chinese. These items are systematically ‘ambiguous’ and have played important roles in various aspects of Mandarin grammar. An idea based on alternatives and varieties of …
Nature of Variation in Tone Sandhi Patterns of Shanghai and Wuxi Wu
Av Hanbo Yan
Häftad, 2019
1130 kr
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This book conducts a thorough investigation of the variation in tone sandhi patterns of Shanghai and Wuxi Wu using quantitative rating experiments. Although Shanghai Wu has been well documented, to date there has never been any quantitative study that systematically investigates the factors that …
From Minimal Contrast to Meaning Construct
Corpus-based, Near Synonym Driven Approaches to Chinese Lexical Semantics
Av Qi Su, Weidong Zhan
Inbunden, 2019
1136 kr
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This book offers new perspectives on the study of Chinese lexical semantics, as well as discourse analysis and cognitive pragmatics based on lexical semantics. The first part focuses on fundamental issues in lexical semantic research, while the second features articles highlighting various aspects …
From Minimal Contrast to Meaning Construct
Corpus-based, Near Synonym Driven Approaches to Chinese Lexical Semantics
Av Qi Su, Weidong Zhan
Häftad, 2020
1136 kr
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This book offers new perspectives on the study of Chinese lexical semantics, as well as discourse analysis and cognitive pragmatics based on lexical semantics. The first part focuses on fundamental issues in lexical semantic research, while the second features articles highlighting various aspects …
Embodied Conceptualization or Neural Realization
A Corpus-Driven Study of Mandarin Synaesthetic Adjectives
Inbunden, 2019
1130 kr
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This book focuses on linguistic synaesthesia in a hitherto less-studied language – Mandarin Chinese – and adopts a corpus-driven approach to support the analysis and argumentation. The study identifies directional tendencies and underlying mechanisms for Mandarin synaesthetic adjectives. By doing …
Embodied Conceptualization or Neural Realization
A Corpus-Driven Study of Mandarin Synaesthetic Adjectives
Häftad, 2020
1136 kr
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This book focuses on linguistic synaesthesia in a hitherto less-studied language – Mandarin Chinese – and adopts a corpus-driven approach to support the analysis and argumentation. The study identifies directional tendencies and underlying mechanisms for Mandarin synaesthetic adjectives. By doing …
Tono-types and Tone Evolution
The Case of Chaoshan
Inbunden, 2021
1136 kr
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This book is a comprehensive study on the phonetic characteristics of citation tones in Chaoshan Chinese. It presents the tonal patterns of 65 localities in the Chaoshan area under the “multiple-register and four-level” tonal model. Three case studies are conducted to delve into the evolutionary …
Tono-types and Tone Evolution
The Case of Chaoshan
Häftad, 2022
1136 kr
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This book is a comprehensive study on the phonetic characteristics of citation tones in Chaoshan Chinese. It presents the tonal patterns of 65 localities in the Chaoshan area under the “multiple-register and four-level” tonal model. Three case studies are conducted to delve into the evolutionary …
Defining and Assessing Chinese Syntactic Complexity via TC-Units
Av Qiaona Yu
Inbunden, 2025
1285 kr
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This book is a cutting-edge exploration of Chinese syntactic complexity by introducing a Chinese-language-specific approach, and providing a clear rationale and methodology for gauging syntactic complexity development along proficiency increase. It informs research and practice on assessment, …
Word Order Typology of Minority Languages in Southern China
A Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Av Yunbing Li
Inbunden, 2025
1652 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive cross-linguistic account of 98 typologically diverse minority languages in Southern China. A number of important parameters are analyzed based on rich case studies ranging from the Tibeto-Burman languages, Kam-Tai languages, Hmong-Mien languages, and Austroasiatic …
