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The Chinese Particle Le: Discourse Construction and Pragmatic Marking in Chinese (Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics) - Softcover

Book 1 of 8: Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics

Van Den Berg, M.E. E.; Wu, G.

 
9781138970564: The Chinese Particle Le: Discourse Construction and Pragmatic Marking in Chinese (Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics)
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ISBN 10: 1138970565 ISBN 13: 9781138970564
Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Ever since the start of Chinese linguistic studies, the description of the Chinese particle LE has remained elusive. The classification has evolved from a listing of sentences and the discussion of contrastive pairs to a more context and discourse-oriented analysis. The development in recent years of inferential models and situation semantics has opened the way for a renewed study of the use of the Chinese particle LE. This book discusses the Chinese data from a 'mental space' perspective and finally reveals the role so-called Chinese 'sentence LE' plays in the construction and maintenance of discourse.

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M.E. van den Berg, G. Wu

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138970565
ISBN 13 
9781138970564
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304