The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics
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The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics presents critical overviews of a wide range of major topics in Chinese linguistics, and is the first book to introduce Chinese linguistics from the perspective of modern theoretical and formal linguistics.
Offers readers a balanced and accessible introduction to some of the most important results of research into Chinese linguistics carried out by theoretical linguists during the last thirty years
Topics covered include, among others, syntax, morphology, phonetics, phonology, language acquisition, historical linguistics, and psycholinguistics, with each chapter outlining and assessing the major achievements and controversies of research undertaken in that subject
Contributors present their own research in their field of expertise, along with competitor theories and analyses
Edited by a team of leading figures in the field, all with vast research experience in this area
Specificaties
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<p>List of Tables ix</p>
<p>Notes on Contributors x</p>
<p>Foreword xiv</p>
<p>Part I Syntax, Semantics, and Morphology 1</p>
<p>1 Morphology 3<br />Wei–Wen Roger Liao</p>
<p>2 Classifiers 26<br />Francesca del Gobbo</p>
<p>3 Adverbial Adjuncts in Mandarin Chinese 49<br />Thomas Ernst</p>
<p>4 Light Verbs 73<br />T.–H. Jonah Lin</p>
<p>5 Topic and Focus 100<br />Shu–Ing Shyu</p>
<p>6 Aspect 126<br />Hooi Ling Soh</p>
<p>7 Sentence–Final Particles 156<br />Andrew Simpson</p>
<p>8 Wh–Expressions in Mandarin Chinese 180<br />Jo–Wang Lin</p>
<p>9 Quantification and Scope 208<br />Yen–Hui Audrey Li</p>
<p>10 The Syntactic Structure of Noun Phrases 248<br />Lisa L.–S. Cheng and Rint Sybesma</p>
<p>11 Ellipsis 275<br />Yen–Hui Audrey Li and Ting–Chi Wei</p>
<p>12 Causal VVs in Mandarin 311<br />Alexander Williams</p>
<p>13 Comparatives 342<br />Chen–Sheng Luther Liu</p>
<p>Part II Phonetics, Phonology, and Prosody 367</p>
<p>14 Chinese Phonetics 369<br />Wai–Sum Lee and Eric Zee</p>
<p>15 Segmental Phonology 400<br />Yen–Hwei Lin<br /><br />16 Syllable Structure and Stress 422<br />San Duanmu</p>
<p>17 Tones, Tonal Phonology, and Tone Sandhi 443<br />Jie Zhang</p>
<p>18 Prosody and Syntax 465<br />Andrew Simpson</p>
<p>Part III Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics 493</p>
<p>19 Bilingual and Multilingual Acquisition of Chinese 495<br />Stephen Matthews and Virginia Yip</p>
<p>20 Neurocognitive Approaches to the Processing of Chinese 511<br />Ping Li, Hua Shu, and Youyi Liu</p>
<p>Part IV Historical Linguistics 535</p>
<p>21 Historical Syntax of Chinese 537<br />Shengli Feng</p>
<p>22 Historical Phonology of Chinese 576<br />Zev Handel</p>
<p>Part V Morpho–Syntax of Other Non–Mandarin Varieties of Chinese 599</p>
<p>23 Aspects of Cantonese Grammar 601<br />Sze–Wing Tang and Siu–Pong Cheng</p>
<p>24 Taiwanese Hokkien/Southern Min 629<br />Miao–Ling Hsieh</p>
<p>Index 657</p>