LEADER 03687nam 2200649 450 001 9910788826003321 005 20230807211012.0 010 $a3-11-039397-2 010 $a3-11-033877-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110338775 035 $a(CKB)3360000000515114 035 $a(EBL)1597600 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001402577 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11777147 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402577 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11361180 035 $a(PQKB)10385652 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1597600 035 $a(DE-B1597)214725 035 $a(OCoLC)898769706 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110338775 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1597600 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11010372 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL808142 035 $a(EXLCZ)993360000000515114 100 $a20141031h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNew perspectives on Chinese syntax /$fby Waltraud Paul 210 1$aBerlin ;$aBoston :$cDe Gruyter,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (374 p.) 225 1 $aTrends in linguistics. Studies and monographs,$x1861-4302 ;$v271 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-033868-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$t1. Introduction: What linguists have always wanted to know about Chinese? --$t2. SVO forever! --$t3. Prepositions as adpositions, not V/P hybrids --$t4. Postpositions: Double trouble --$t5. Adjectives: Another neglected category ? which turns out to be two --$t6. The syntax and semantics of the sentence periphery (part I): What the topic is (not) about --$t7. The syntax and semantics of the sentence periphery (part II): Why particles are not particular --$t8. Chinese from a typological point of view: Long live disharmony! --$tReferences --$tSubject index 330 $aMandarin Chinese has become indispensable for cross linguistic comparison and syntactic theorizing. It is nevertheless still difficult to obtain comprehensive answers to research questions, because Chinese is often presented as an "exotic" language defying the analytical tools standardly used for other languages. This book sets out to demystify Chinese. It places controversial issues in the context of current syntactic theories and offers precise analyses based on a large array of representative data. Although the focus is on Modern Mandarin, earlier stages of Chinese are occasionally referred to in order to highlight striking continuities in its history. VO order is one such constant factor, thus invalidating the idea that Chinese went through a major word order change from OV to VO and back to OV. Another claim often made for Chinese as an isolating language, viz. the existence of an impoverished inventory of parts of speech, is likewise refuted. Other long debated issues addressed here include the relevance of the dichotomy topic vs subject prominence and the role of Chinese as a recurring exception to cross categorial harmonies posited in typological studies. 410 0$aTrends in linguistics.$pStudies and monographs ;$v271. 606 $aChinese language$xSyntax 610 $aCrosslinguistic Comparison. 610 $aMandarin Chinese. 610 $aSyntax. 615 0$aChinese language$xSyntax. 676 $a495.15 686 $aEG 9240$2rvk 700 $aPaul$b Waltraud$0638072 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788826003321 996 $aNew perspectives on Chinese syntax$93764911 997 $aUNINA