LEADER 05851nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910969996803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612156571 010 $a9781282156579 010 $a1282156578 010 $a9789027294289 010 $a9027294283 035 $a(CKB)1000000000033120 035 $a(OCoLC)70725191 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10087043 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000141259 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11134520 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141259 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10058374 035 $a(PQKB)11637877 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC622491 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL622491 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10087043 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215657 035 $a(OCoLC)237390382 035 $a(DE-B1597)720420 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789027294289 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000033120 100 $a20050602d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDramatized discourse $ethe Mandarin Chinese BA-construction /$fZhuo Jing-Schmidt 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins Pub. Co.$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (360 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in functional and structural linguistics ;$v0165-7712 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9789027215659 311 08$a9027215650 320 $aIncludes bibliographcial references and index. 327 $aDramatized Discourse -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of figures and tables -- Notational conventions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Database -- The syntax of the ba-construction -- 3.1. Compositional properties of the ba-construction -- 3.2. The ba-construction and mood -- 3.2.1. Indicative -- 3.2.2. Imperative -- 3.2.3. Interrogative -- 3.2.4. Subjunctive -- 3.3. The ba-construction and modality -- 3.4. The ba-construction and negation -- 3.5. The ba-construction in passive sentences -- 3.6. The ba-construction in causative sentences -- 3.7. The ba-construction as subordinate -- 3.8. Mandarin word order and the ba-construction -- Previous approaches -- 4.1. Disposal -- 4.2. Transitivity -- 4.2.1. Overview -- 4.2.2. What is transitivity? -- 4.3. The causativity approach -- 4.4. The problem -- The hypothesis of discourse dramaticity -- 5.1. The system of discourse dramaticity -- 5.2. The human factor -- 5.2.1. Cognitive salience -- 5.2.2. Subjectivity and emotionality -- 5.3. Redundancy -- Cognitive salience as discourse dramaticity -- 6.1. Cognitive salience at the clause level -- 6.1.1. Cognitive salience and the number of participants -- 6.1.2. Cognitive salience and verbal dynamism -- 6.1.3. Cognitive salience and verbal modification -- 6.1.4. Cognitive salience of event and salient participants -- 6.1.5. Cognitive salience and information structure -- 6.2. Cognitive salience at the trans-clause level -- 6.2.1. Foregrounding properties -- 6.2.2. Textual linking -- Subjectivity and emotionality as discourse dramaticity -- 7.1. The nature of linguistic subjectivity and emotionality -- 7.2. Conceptual metaphors -- 7.3. Intensifiers -- 7.3.1. Intensifying adverbs -- 7.3.2. Intensifying quantifiers -- 7.4. Mood and modality -- 7.4.1. Mood -- 7.4.2. Modality. 327 $a7.4.3. The potential construction versus the modal verb neng -- 7.5. Frequency variation across discourse types as additional evidence -- An interim conclusion -- The pragmatization of the ba-construction -- 9.1. Evolution and a functional view of syntactic change -- 9.2. Serial verb construction as source of change -- 9.2.1. Formal pressure towards change -- 9.2.2. Functional re-adaptation and its formal repercussions -- 9.3. Regulation and systemization -- 9.3.1. Data -- 9.3.2. Results -- 9.3.3. Discussion -- 9.4. Inadequacies of the OM postulation -- 9.5. Subjectification -- Final remarks -- Notes -- -24pt -- References -- Text material -- Author index -- Subject index -- The series Studies In Functional And Structural Linguistics. 330 $aLanguage is a symbolic system of meanings evoked by linguistic forms. The choice of forms in communication is non-arbitrary. Rather, speakers pick those forms whose meanings best convey their discourse intention. The meaning of the Mandarin ba-construction, argues Jing-Schmidt, is discourse dramaticity, a concept that includes high conceptual salience and subjectivity. The ba-construction and its "syntactic variations" are never interchangeable because contrast in their meanings determines difference in their functions. Quantitative analyses based on authentic data validate the postulation of discourse dramaticity. By taking discourse pragmatics seriously, the dramaticity hypothesis enables a unitary explanation that transcends sentence grammar. The diachronic treatment reveals the syntactic change of the ba-construction as an adaptive process of pragmatization, which raises the issue of linguistic evolution as a result of socio-cultural development. This book will be of particular value to readers interested in the interaction between grammar and pragmatics and to teachers confronting the controversy of the ba-construction in foreign language pedagogy. 410 0$aStudies in functional and structural linguistics ;$vv. 0165-7712. 517 3 $aMandarin Chinese BA-construction 606 $aChinese language$xSyntax 606 $aLinguistics 615 0$aChinese language$xSyntax. 615 0$aLinguistics. 676 $a495.1/5 700 $aJing-Schmidt$b Zhuo$01800388 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969996803321 996 $aDramatized discourse$94346971 997 $aUNINA