The interfaces of Chinese syntax with semantics and pragmatics / / Yicheng Wu

• Autore: Wu Yicheng
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 pages)
• Disciplina: 495.15
• Soggetto topico: Chinese language - Syntax; Chinese language - Grammar; Chinese language - Semantics; Pragmatics
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Chinese syntax : a general description -- 2. The dynamics of language processing -- 3. The dynamics of verbal underspecification in Chinese -- 4. Topic constructions -- 5. Passive constructions -- 6. Copular constructions -- 7. The cleft construction -- 8. Semantic underspecification : cases of personal pronouns -- 9. Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics provides an in-depth exploration of a variety of interface phenomena in Chinese, a non-inflectional language, where to a large extent word order constrains its interpretation and defines its grammatical functions. Under the Dynamic Syntax approach, which takes the incremental left-to-right processing of linguistic forms to be a fundamental part of characterizing the relation between syntactic structure and semantic interpretation, a straightforward explanation is provided. The study features detailed analysis of a range of key grammatical constructions such as topic, passive, copular and cleft, where previous analyses were sought in pure syntactic, semantic or pragmatic terms.
• Titolo autorizzato: The interfaces of Chinese syntax with semantics and pragmatics
• ISBN: 1-315-28063-9; 1-315-28065-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910165045503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in Chinese linguistics.