Prosodic Syntax in Chinese - History and Changes

List of contents

List of tables

List of abbreviations

Preface

Chapter 1 Word Order Change and Stress Shift

Chapter 2 Prosodic Structure and the Origin of bei Constructions

Chapter 3 Prosodic Structure and the Birth of ba Constructions

Chapter 4 Prosodically Constrained Localizers in Classical and Modern Chinese

Postscript to the Chinese Edition

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Feng Shengli is Professor of Chinese Linguistics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include prosodic syntax, poetic prosody, historical syntax and exegesis.

Summary

The author has first introduced the relevant theories and concepts of Metrical Phonology, Prosodic Phonology and Formal Syntax and formulated the Government-based Nuclear Stress Rule in Chinese which can explain how and why Mandarin Chinese sentences are structured in a particular way.

Product details

• Authors: Feng Shengli, Feng (Professor of Chinese Linguistics At Shengli
• Assisted by: Ma Baopeng (Translation), Zhuang Huibing (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367728991
• ISBN: 978-0-367-72899-1
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Chinese Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology