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.

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

Semantics of Chinese Questions

Semantics of Chinese Questions
Author: Hongyuan Dong
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2018-12-07
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1351021567

Semantics of Chinese Questions is the first major study of Chinese questions, especially wh-questions, within the framework of Alternative Semantics. It takes an interface approach to study the syntax, semantics, and phonology of questions and proposes a phonological scope-marking strategy in Chinese questions, based upon experimental data. It also incorporates historical linguistic data regarding the grammaticalization of sentence-final particles such as –ne and –ma to study the formal diachronic semantics of questions. Primarily suitable for scholars in the field of Chinese linguistics, this book makes new theoretical contributions to the study of questions.

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.

Syntax-Phonology Interface

Syntax-Phonology Interface
Author: Hongming Zhang
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2016-11-25
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1351776207

This book centers on theoretical issues of phonology-syntax interface based on tone sandhi in Chinese dialects. It uses patterns in tone sandhi to study how speech should be divided into domains of various sizes or levels. Tone sandhi refers to tonal changes that occur to a sequence of adjacent syllables or words. The size of this sequence (or the domain) is determined by various factors, in particular the syntactic structure of the words and the original tones of the words. Chinese dialects offer a rich body of data on tone sandhi, and hence great evidence for examining the phonology-syntax interface, and for examining the resulting levels of domains (the prosodic hierarchy). Syntax-Phonology Interface: Argumentation from Tone Sandhi in Chinese Dialects is an extremely valuable text for graduate students and scholars in the fields of linguistics and Chinese.

A Theory of Conventional Implicature and Pragmatic Markers in Chinese

A Theory of Conventional Implicature and Pragmatic Markers in Chinese
Author: Guangwu Feng
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2010
Genre: Chinese language
ISBN: 1849509344

Conventional implicature is itself a highly controversial term, understood very differently by various brands of contemporary pragmatic theory. This book sets out to advance a Gricean theoretical framework of conventional implicature. It also intends to offer an analysis of pragmatic markers in Chinese.

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.