Increments in Mandarin Chinese - Emergent Units in Action

Looking at everyday Mandarin Chinese conversations, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the practices used in producing Chinese increments.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Classificatory system and crosslinguistic typologies 3. Resources for indexing continuations in Chinese 4. Interactional work performed by Chinese increments 5. A dynamic view of increments 6. A dynamic view of increments

About the author

Ni-Eng Lim is an assistant professor in Chinese and Linguistics in the School of Humanities at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), for his doctoral study in applied linguistics. Researching primarily in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, his interests fall broadly under Chinese interactional linguistics and various institutional talk.

Product details

• Authors: Ni-Eng Lim, Ni-Eng (Nanyang Technological University Lim
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032540597
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3254059-7
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Discourse Analysis, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics, Chinese, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Language teaching and learning, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese