Enriched Composition and Inference in the Argument Structure of Chinese (Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics) - Hardcover

Zhang, Ren

 
9780415971003: Enriched Composition and Inference in the Argument Structure of Chinese (Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics)
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ISBN 10: 0415971004 ISBN 13: 9780415971003
Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

As with many other languages, Mandarin Chinese exhibits a rich variety of ways in expressing the arguments of the predicator in a sentence. Unlike other languages, such variation is typically devoid of any formal marking. Previous attempts in explaining such phenomena usually focus on the syntax as an explanatory tool. This book argues that a large majority of such argument structure phenomena are better accounted for by recourse to enriched representations in lexical semantics. Drawing insights from conceptual semantics, cognitive semantics, Generative Lexicon, construction grammar and formal syntax, this book constitutes the first attempt at a comprehensive account of lexical semantic issues in Mandarin Chinese.

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About the Author

Ren Zhang is a visiting professor in linguistics at the School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University. He received his Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2002 from York University.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415971004
ISBN 13 
9780415971003
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
212

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