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Focus and Background Marking in Mandarin Chinese: System and Theory behind cái, jiù, dōu and yě

By Daniel Hole

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
0415315964, 9780415315968, 9780203565193
LCC
PL1065 .H6814 2004
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1850704 bytes)
Series
Curzon Asian Linguistics
Edition
1
Pages
328\193
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Языки и языкознание;Китайский язык;Грамматика

Description

This is an investigation into the grammaticalized system of focus-background agreement in Mandarin Chinese. The particles c?i, ji?, dou and ye are, in a specific use type, shown to form the core of a highly systematic paradigm. This book is not just a valuable companion for anyone interested in core aspects of Mandarin Chinese grammar. It caters for the interests of theoretical linguists as well as for linguists from other fields with an interest in information-structure, focus and contrastive topics, and quantification. The outstanding characteristic of this book, viz. its effortless integration of findings from formal semantics without heavy formal load, makes it rewarding reading both for linguists with a less formal background, and for researchers with some knowledge of formal semantics.

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