Semantics of Chinese Questions: An Interface Approach (Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics) - Softcover

Book 12 of 19: Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics

Dong, Hongyuan

 
9781032401744: Semantics of Chinese Questions: An Interface Approach (Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics)
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ISBN 10: 1032401745 ISBN 13: 9781032401744
Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Hongyuan Dong is Assistant Professor of Chinese Language and Linguistics in the Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures at the George Washington University.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032401745
ISBN 13 
9781032401744
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
194

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