Corpus-based contrastive studies of English and Chinese / / by Richard Xiao and Tony McEnery

• Autore: McEnery Tony <1964-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 425
• Soggetto topico: Contrastive linguistics; Semantics, Comparative; Chinese language - Aspect; English language - Aspect
• Altri autori: XiaoRichard
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Aspect Marking in English and Chinese; 3 Temporal Adverbials and Telicity in English and Chinese; 4 Quantifying Constructions in English and Chinese; 5 Passives in English and Chinese; 6 Negation in English and Chinese: Variants and Variations; 7 Negation in English and Chinese: Special Usages; 8 Challenge and Promise, and the Way Forward; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is concerned with cross-linguistic contrast of major grammatical categories in English and Chinese, two most important yet genetically different world languages. This genetic difference has resulted in many subsidiary differences that are, among other things, related to grammar. Compared with typologically related languages, cross-linguistic contrast of English and Chinese is more challenging yet promising. The main theme of this book lies in its focus on cross-linguistic contrast of aspect-related grammatical categories, or, grammatical categories that contribute to aspectual meanin
• Titolo autorizzato: Corpus-based contrastive studies of English and Chinese
• ISBN: 1-136-94489-3; 1-136-94490-7; 1-282-65961-8; 9786612659614; 0-203-84795-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910799967303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; ; 11.