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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ni-Eng Lim, Ni-Eng (Nanyang Technological University Lim
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.07.2024
• EAN: 9781032540580
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3254058-0
• Pagine: 172
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics
• Categorie: Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione > Dizionari di lingua straniera; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Discourse Analysis, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese, 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)