Wang Yong

A Typological Study of the Existential Clause (eBook, PDF)

A Functional Linguistics Perspective

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the existential clause (EC) from a cross-linguistic perspective and within the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040051351
• Artikelnr.: 70501810

Autorenporträt

WANG Yong is Professor of Linguistics at Sun Yat-sen University, China. His research interests include functional linguistics, linguistic typology, discourse analysis, and Chinese grammar.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Theoretical preliminaries 3. Towards a typology of the existential clause: Morpho
syntax 4. The subject of the EC 5. The definiteness effect 6. Entity
vs. event
existentials: A new typology 7. Event
existentials in Chinese 8. ECs as impersonals: A cross
linguistic perspective 9. Impersonal clauses as event
existentials in Chinese 10. Existential and possessive clauses 11. Conclusions