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Informationen zum Autor C.-T. James Huang is Professor of Linguistics at Harvard University. His research interests lie in natural language syntax, the relationship between syntax and semantics, and parametric syntax with special focus on Chinese and other East Asian languages. He has published articles in a range of journals, including Linguistic Inquiry, Language, and Natural Language , and is the author of Between Syntax and Semantics (2009), The Syntax of Chinese (with Audrey Li and Yafei Li, 2009), and founding co-editor of Journal of East Asian Linguistics . Y.-H. Audrey Li is Professor of Linguistics and East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California. She has authored and edited several books, including Essays on the Representational and Derivational Nature of Grammar (with Joseph Aoun, 2003), Functional Structure(s), Form and Interpretation (edited with Andrew Simpson, 2003), and The Syntax of Chinese (with James Huang and Yafei Li, 2009). She has also published in a number of linguistic journals including the Journal of East Asian Linguistics , Language and Linguistic Inquiry . Andrew Simpson is Professor of Linguistics and East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Wh-Movement and the Theory of Feature Checking (2000), and editor of Language and National Identity in Asia (2007), and Language and National Identity in Africa (2008). He has published articles in a number of Linguistic journals, including Linguistic Inquiry, Language, Lingua, and The Journal of East Asian Linguistics . He is also joint general editor of The Journal of East Asian Linguistics. Klappentext The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics presents critical overviews of a wide range of major topics in Chinese linguistics, and is the first book to introduce Chinese linguistics from the perspective of modern theoretical and formal linguistics.* Offers readers a balanced and accessible introduction to some of the most important results of research into Chinese linguistics carried out by theoretical linguists during the last thirty years* Topics covered include, among others, syntax, morphology, phonetics, phonology, language acquisition, historical linguistics, and psycholinguistics, with each chapter outlining and assessing the major achievements and controversies of research undertaken in that subject* Contributors present their own research in their field of expertise, along with competitor theories and analyses* Edited by a team of leading figures in the field, all with vast research experience in this area Zusammenfassung The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics presents critical overviews of a wide range of major topics in Chinese linguistics, and is the first book to introduce Chinese linguistics from the perspective of modern theoretical and formal linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Notes on Contributors x Foreword xiv Part I Syntax, Semantics, and Morphology 1 1 Morphology 3 Wei-Wen Roger Liao 2 Classifiers 26 Francesca del Gobbo 3 Adverbial Adjuncts in Mandarin Chinese 49 Thomas Ernst 4 Light Verbs 73 T.-H. Jonah Lin 5 Topic and Focus 100 Shu-Ing Shyu 6 Aspect 126 Hooi Ling Soh 7 Sentence-Final Particles 156 Andrew Simpson 8 Wh-Expressions in Mandarin Chinese 180 Jo-Wang Lin 9 Quantification and Scope 208 Yen-Hui Audrey li 10 The Syntactic Structure of Noun Phrases 248 Lisa L.-S. Cheng and Rint Sybesma 11 Ellipsis 275 Yen-Hui Audrey Li and Ting-Chi Wei 12 Causal VVs in Mandarin 311 Alexander...
List of contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Notes on Contributors x
Foreword xiv
Part I Syntax, Semantics, and Morphology 1
1 Morphology 3
Wei-Wen Roger Liao
2 Classifiers 26
Francesca del Gobbo
3 Adverbial Adjuncts in Mandarin Chinese 49
Thomas Ernst
4 Light Verbs 73
T.-H. Jonah Lin
5 Topic and Focus 100
Shu-Ing Shyu
6 Aspect 126
Hooi Ling Soh
7 Sentence-Final Particles 156
Andrew Simpson
8 Wh-Expressions in Mandarin Chinese 180
Jo-Wang Lin
9 Quantification and Scope 208
Yen-Hui Audrey Li
10 The Syntactic Structure of Noun Phrases 248
Lisa L.-S. Cheng and Rint Sybesma
11 Ellipsis 275
Yen-Hui Audrey Li and Ting-Chi Wei
12 Causal VVs in Mandarin 311
Alexander Williams
13 Comparatives 342
Chen-Sheng Luther Liu
Part II Phonetics, Phonology, and Prosody 367
14 Chinese Phonetics 369
Wai-Sum Lee and Eric Zee
15 Segmental Phonology 400
Yen-Hwei Lin
16 Syllable Structure and Stress 422
San Duanmu
17 Tones, Tonal Phonology, and Tone Sandhi 443
Jie Zhang
18 Prosody and Syntax 465
Andrew Simpson
Part III Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics 493
19 Bilingual and Multilingual Acquisition of Chinese 495
Stephen Matthews and Virginia Yip
20 Neurocognitive Approaches to the Processing of Chinese 511
Ping Li, Hua Shu, and Youyi Liu
Part IV Historical Linguistics 535
21 Historical Syntax of Chinese 537
Shengli Feng
22 Historical Phonology of Chinese 576
Zev Handel
Part V Morpho-Syntax of Other Non-Mandarin Varieties of Chinese 599
23 Aspects of Cantonese Grammar 601
Sze-Wing Tang and Siu-Pong Cheng
24 Taiwanese Hokkien/Southern Min 629
Miao-Ling Hsieh
Index 657
