G. Wu, M E van den Berg

The Chinese Particle Le

Discourse Construction and Pragmatic Marking in Chinese

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780700714612
• ISBN-10: 0700714618
• Artikelnr.: 22587182

Autorenporträt

M.E. van den Berg, G. Wu

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Previous Studies 3. The Particle Le and the Study of
Language Use 4. The Historical Development of the Particle Le 5. Action
Picture Stories 6. Children's Stories 7. Conversations 8. Discussion 9.
Theoretical Implications