| The Chinese Particle Le: Discourse Construction and Pragmatic Marking in Chinese Contributor(s): Van Den Berg, M. E. (Author), Wu, G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138970565 ISBN-13: 9781138970564 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Chinese - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 495.157 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.94 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. |
