| Description |
1 online resource (x, 253 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in Chinese linguistics |
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Routledge studies in Chinese linguistics.
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| Contents |
Theoretical background -- Additive focus particles -- Restrictive focus particles -- Distribution of additives and restrictives in Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese -- Conclusions. Theoretical consequences and implications |
| Summary |
"One prominent function of natural language is to convey information, and one peculiarity is that it does not do so randomly, but in a structured way, with information structuring formally recognized to be a component of grammar. Among all information structuring notions, focus is one primitive needed to account for all phenomena. Focus Manifestation in Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese: A Comparative Perspective aims to examine from a semantic perspective how syntactic structures and focus adverbs in Mandarin Chinese and semantic particles in Cantonese, with particular focus given to co-occurrence of adverbs, verbal suffixes and sentence-final particles, conspire to encode focus structures and determine focus manifestation in Chinese"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Peppina Po-lun Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at City University of Hong Kong. She has published more than forty single-authored/co-authored research papers in refereed journals and edited books. Major publications appeared in Lingua, Linguistics, Journal of Pragmatics, Language and Linguistics, as well as ZhongguoYuwen (Studies of the Chinese Language) and Dangdai Yuyanxue (Contemporary Linguistics). Specializing in theoretical linguistics, her research interests cover semantics, syntax-semantics interface, Chinese and Cantonese linguistics. She has worked on a variety of research topics, including focus and information structure, negation, eventuality, quantification and particles |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 13, 2019) |
| Subject |
Mandarin dialects -- Syntax
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Cantonese dialects -- Syntax
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Southeast Asian Languages.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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Mandarin dialects -- Syntax.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019001578 |
| ISBN |
9781351339674 |
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1351339672 |
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9781351339650 |
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1351339656 |
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9781351339667 |
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1351339664 |
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9780203705223 |
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020370522X |
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