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Record Nr.

UNINA9911011658103321

Autore

Wan Quan

Titolo

The Chinese Particle De / / by Quan Wan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

981-9774-82-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 167 p. 23 illus., 2 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Chinese Grammar, , 3005-0553 ; ; 2

Disciplina

410.1

Soggetti

Linguistics

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Linguistics - Methodology

Asia - Languages

Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar

Syntax

Research Methods in Language and Linguistics

Asian Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Separation or unification -- Presence or absence -- Syntactic distribution -- Functions -- Nominalization -- Self-designation and transferred-designation -- Reference-point construction -- The composition of the N-de V structure -- The problematic nature of endocentric constructions -- De in the generative tradition -- State-of-affairs Sentences -- On Sentences like Ta De Laoshi Dang-de Hao -- Possessives as Patients -- Chinese Grammar Beyond Indo-European Perspectives - The Final Word.

Sommario/riassunto

This book indicates that the nature and function of de is one of the core issues in the study of Chinese grammar. There are many related studies, which are not only a long-term controversial and difficult problem, but also a theoretical issue that constantly invites the renewal of research methods. This book mainly focuses on the following aspects, summarizes the achievements of the previous studies, and expounds the possible research directions in the future: 1. How many morphemes can de be analyzed into? 2. Is the basic function of the



attributive containing the word de qualitative or descriptive? 3. What determines the presence and distribution of de? What is the Reference-Object Construction? 4. Can the theory of endocentric construction be used to analyze de? 5. Is de a nominalizer? What is the relationship between the self-designation and the transferred designation of de? How to treat the construction "N de V"? 6. Is de a tense-aspect auxiliary in the event sentences "V de O" and "VO de"? What is the function of the sentence final de? Is de a modal particle? 7. The issues of pseudo-attributive vs. quasi-attributive in understanding de.