1st Edition
The Chinese Particle Le Discourse Construction and Pragmatic Marking in Chinese
304 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
304 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
304 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Ever since the start of Chinese linguistic studies, the description of the Chinese particle LE has remained elusive. The classification has evolved from a listing of sentences and the discussion of contrastive pairs to a more context and discourse-oriented analysis. The development in recent years of inferential models and situation semantics has opened the way for a renewed study of the use of... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Previous Studies 3. The Particle Le and the Study of Language Use 4. The Historical Development of the Particle Le 5. Action Picture Stories 6. Children’s Stories 7. Conversations 8. Discussion 9. Theoretical Implications
Biography
M.E. van den Berg, G. Wu
