Prosodic Syntax in Chinese

by Feng Shengli

In this two-volume set on prosodic syntax in Chinese, the author develops a new model which proposes that the interaction between syntax and prosody is bi-directional and that prosody can not only constrains syntactic structures, but also activates syntactic operations. All of the facts investigated in Chinese provide new perspectives for linguistic theories as well as the insights into the nature of human languages. The subtitles of the two volumes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367140128
• ISBN13: 9780367140120
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 632 Pages