| The Chinese Particle Le: Discourse Construction and Pragmatic Marking in Chinese Contributor(s): Wu, G. (Author), Van Den Berg, M. E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0700714618 ISBN-13: 9780700714612 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: 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. The present book discusses the Chinese data from a 'mental space' perspective and brings out the role so -called Chinese 'sentence LE' plays in the construction and maintenance of discourse. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Chinese - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 495.157 |
| LCCN: 2005030912 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.34" W x 9.33" (1.23 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
