Studies on Chinese Discourse Grammar

This book extends the traditional research perspective of single sentences and contexts to the textual structure of real discourse materials.

List of contents

1. Discourse Grammar and Studies on Chinese Discourse Grammar 2. Modes of Clausal Correlation and Syntactic Integration 3. Syntactic Integration Function of Zero-subject Clauses 4. Discourse Functions of “Indefinite-subject Sentences” 5. Forms of Action Reference and Their Topic Function 6. Discourse Functions of Verb-copying Constructions 7. S-adverbs and Their Discourse Functions 8. From Quoting to Hedging 9. Discourse Function of Speech Verb Metadiscourse 10. Discourse Cohesion and Orientation Expression 11. Characteristics of Traditional Narratives and Their Impacts on Chinese Grammar

About the author

FANG Mei is a Professor at the Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She is currently the deputy editor-in-chief of Studies of the Chinese Language (中国语文) and the vice-president of Chinese Language Society. She has been working on Chinese grammar and discourse analysis with the functional approach, focusing on the emergent nature of grammatical patterns, pragmaticalization, and grammar in interaction.

Summary

This book extends the traditional research perspective of single sentences and contexts to the textual structure of real discourse materials.

Product details

• Authors: FANG Mei
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032589244
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3258924-4
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: China Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Chinese, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Historical and comparative linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc