Current issues in Chinese linguistics. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Yun Xiao, Liang Tao and Hooi Ling Soh.
• Other Names: Xiao, Yun; Tao, Liang; Soh, Hooi Ling; North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, 21st
• Contents: Chinese language and linguistics in the new era / Yun Xiao -- Looking into clauses / Yen-Hui Audrey Li -- On the theory of right node raising : some perspectives from Mandarin Chinese / Hsu-Te Johnny Cheng -- Distributivity : a parametric view / Grant Xiaoguang Li -- An OT analysis of informational focus in Mandarin Chineses / Kening Li -- Possessor raising and the BA construction / Pei-Jung Kuo -- Core vocabulary in spoken Mandarin and the integration of corpus-based findings into language pedagogy / Hongyin Tao -- Serial verb construction in Chinese : the interface of syntax, semantics and lexical evolution / Liang Tao -- Grammatical roles of head nouns of Chinese relative clauses / Tao Ming -- From subjectivity to intersubjectivity : epistemic marker Wo Juede in Chinese / Ni Eng Lim -- Interface of aspect and modality in the interpretation of Chinese modal auxiliary verb yinggai / Fei Ren -- Preferred argument structure in Chinese conversations, narratives, and written texts / Wan-Hua Lin -- Chinese discourse markers in oral speech of mainland Mandarin speakers / Binmei Liu -- Romanization patterns in Chinese as evidenced by a personal name corpus / Tom McClive -- Loanword adaptation in standard Mandarin and phonological theory / Yen-Hwei Lin -- Tonal adaptation patterns of English loanwords in Cantonese and an OT analysis / Yen-Chen Hao -- The interaction of nasal diminutive and root syllable in Chinese dialects / Hsiu-Hsueh Liu -- Tests of analytic bias in native Mandarin speakers and native Taiwan Southern Min speakers / Yu-Leng Lin -- An optimality theoretical analysis to Chinese Fuzhou Qiejiaoci / Chin-Wei Wu -- Towards an international account of Chinese modal usage : with implications for acquisition / Agnes Weiyun He -- Learning to encode motion and state change by English-speaking learners of Mandarin Chinese / Jidong Chen and Ruixi Ai.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (609 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 495.1; Language; Chinese language -- Congresses; Chinese language -- Grammar, Generative -- Congresses; Chinese language -- Semantics -- Congresses; Chinese language -- Phonetics -- Congresses; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Chinese; Chinese language; Chinese language -- Grammar, Generative; Chinese language -- Phonetics; Chinese language -- Semantics; Linguistics; Grammar, syntax & morphology; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1443832480; 9781443832489
• Related ISBNs: 9781443832076; 1443832073
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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