The Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics

By Yicheng Wu

Book Overview

The 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. Under 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138241326
• ISBN13: 9781138241329
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"