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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454470503321

Autore

Huang Cheng-Teh James

Titolo

The syntax of Chinese / / C.-T. James Huang, Y.-H. Audrey Li, Yafei Li [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-107-19215-3

1-282-53916-7

9786612539169

1-139-16693-X

0-511-71882-9

0-511-71927-2

0-511-51498-0

0-511-71836-5

0-511-51626-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 391 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge syntax guides

Disciplina

495.1

Soggetti

Chinese language - Syntax

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Categories; 2 Argument structure; 3 The verb phrase; 4 Passives; 5 The ba construction; 6 Topic and relative constructions; 7 Questions; 8 Nominal expressions; 9 Anaphora; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The past quarter of a century has seen a surge in Chinese syntactic research that has produced a sizeable literature on the analysis of almost every construction in Mandarin Chinese. This guide to Chinese syntax analyses the majority of constructions in Chinese that have featured in theoretical linguistics in the past 25 years, using the authors' own analyses as well as existing or potential alternative treatments. A broad variety of topics are covered, including categories, argument structure, passives and anaphora.  The discussion of each topic sums up the key research results and provides new points of departure for further research. This book will be invaluable both to



students wanting to know more about the grammar of Chinese, and graduate students and theoretical linguists interested in the universal principles that underlie human languages.