Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics

Name: Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and PragmaticsAuthor(s): Yicheng Wu\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367596576, 978-0367596576\nSynopsis\nThe 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. \n\nUnder 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. \n\nClear and stra.