Synopsis
Ever since the start of Chinese linguistic studies, the description of the Chinese particle LE has remained elusive. The classification has evolved from a listing of sentences and the discussion of contrastive pairs to a more context and discourse-oriented analysis. The development in recent years of inferential models and situation semantics has opened the way for a renewed study of the use of the Chinese particle LE. This book discusses the Chinese data from a 'mental space' perspective and finally reveals the role so-called Chinese 'sentence LE' plays in the construction and maintenance of discourse.
Book Details
ISBN-13 :
9781135791087
Publisher :
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
2020-05-27T01:36:58Z
Language :
eng
Categories :
Foreign Language Study
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Language Arts
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Nonfiction
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
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