Patient-subject constructions in Mandarin Chinese : syntax, semantics, discourse /

"As a distinctive syntactic structure in Mandarin Chinese, the Patient-Subject Construction (PSC) is one of the most interesting but least well-understood structures in the language. This book offers a comprehensive account of the history, structure, meaning and use of the PSC. Unlike previous...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: He, Xiaoling (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]
Series:Studies in Chinese language and discourse ; v. 1212,
Subjects:
Mandarin dialects > Grammar.
Mandarin dialects > Passive voice.
Construction grammar.
Grammaire de construction.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Southeast Asian Languages.
Construction grammar
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Previous studies of the patient-subject construction
  • What the PSC is not
  • Syntactic and semantic properties of patient-subject constructions
  • "Inactiveness" and "backgrounding" : PSC in discourse
  • PSC in typological perspective
  • Summary and conclusion.

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