Semantics of Chinese Questions: An Interface Approach

By Hongyuan Dong

Semantics of Chinese Questions is the first major study of Chinese questions, especially wh-questions, within the framework of Alternative Semantics.

It takes an interface approach to study the syntax, semantics, and phonology of questions and proposes a phonological scope-marking strategy in Chinese questions, based upon experimental data. It also incorporates historical linguistic data regarding the grammaticalization of sentence-final particles such as -ne and -ma to study the formal diachronic semantics of questions. Primarily suitable for scholars in the field of Chinese linguistics, this book makes new theoretical contributions to the study of questions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138496480
• ISBN13: 9781138496484
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"