Discourse Marker Ni Zhidao (You Know) in Chinese Spontaneous Speech

Drawing on media interview materials, this book takes a holistic approach to examining the Chinese discourse marker ni zhidao (¿¿¿, meaning 'you know'), thereby contributing to a deeper understanding of discourse markers in Chinese language use and broader linguistic studies.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Review of Literature 3. Methodology: Turning Speech into Evidence 4. Quantifying Syntactic-Prosodic Patterns 5. Deconstructing ni zhidao: A Multidimensional Interface 6. Toward a Multidimensional Architecture of ni zhidao

Product details

• Authors: Weiwei Chu, Yi Shan, Yi Chu Shan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2025
• EAN: 9781041145028
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4114502-8
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics & pragmatics, LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese, Linguistics;Pragmatics;Chinese Language;Discourse Markers