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Dramatized discourse : the Mandarin Chinese ba-construction /
Language 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 dramatic...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2005.
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| Colección: | Studies in functional and structural linguistics ;
v. 56. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Language 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 |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 337 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-326) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027294289 9027294283 9027215650 9789027215659 |