Chinese Linguistics
About the Book Series
Chinese Linguistics series selects representative and frontier works in linguistic disciplines including lexicology, grammar, phonetics, dialectology, philology and rhetoric. Mostly published in Chinese before, the selection has had far-reaching influence on China’s linguistics and offered inspiration and reference for the world’s linguistics. The aim of this series is to reflect the general level and latest development of Chinese linguistics from an overall and objective view.
Lexicalization: The Origin and Evolution of Chinese Disyllabic Words
1st Edition
By Dong Xiufang
October 30, 2026
This book systematically analyses the historical sources and lexicalization of Chinese disyllabic words — a prototypical phrasal category — from diachronic and synchronic perspectives. Lexicalization is the process by which non-word forms evolve into words over time. Based on extensive observations...
Chinese Philology
1st Edition
By Xu Weihan
October 12, 2026
This book is a classic introduction to Chinese philology — the discipline of textual interpretation — which is grounded in rigorous exegetical and linguistic analysis of ancient texts. As a discipline devoted to explaining classical texts with a particular focus on semantic interpretation, ...
Chinese Tones
1st Edition
By Gao Yong'an
August 24, 2026
This book offers an engaging exploration of Chinese tones, charting their historical origins, diverse expressions across dialects, and their pivotal role in shaping Chinese music and poetry. Blending accessible insights with cutting-edge linguistic research, the book takes readers on a journey ...
Chinese Grammar Analysis Issues
1st Edition
By Lü Shuxiang
July 15, 2026
Chinese Grammar Analysis Issues explores contested topics in Chinese language research through 99 questions on grammatical analysis, prompting reflection on research directions, core theories, and methodologies. Spanning nearly a century of scholarship, the book evaluates domestic and international...
Chinese Idioms
1st Edition
By Liu Jiexiu
June 10, 2026
Chinese Idioms provides a theoretical framework for understanding idioms in the Chinese language, tracing their origins and analyzing their linguistic evolution. This work broadens the definition of idioms to encompass fixed phrases comprising two or more characters, thereby distinguishing them ...
Chinese Vocabulary
1st Edition
By Guo Liangfu
May 06, 2026
This book is a concise introduction to modern Chinese vocabulary by Guo Liangfu, a renowned Chinese linguist, covering the basic theories and research findings on Chinese morphology. Divided into seven chapters, it explores the fundamentals of how Chinese words are formed and their meanings. It ...
Asymmetry and Markedness Theory
1st Edition
By Shen Jiaxuan
November 21, 2025
This two-volume work examines the widespread phenomenon of linguistic asymmetry, with special attention to Chinese grammar and lexicon, from the perspective of markedness. The book illustrates how asymmetric patterns emerge in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, integrating ...
Chinese Grammar Q&A
1st Edition
By Zhu Dexi
October 28, 2025
This book offers a concise yet powerful analysis of critical Chinese grammatical concepts, adopting an authentic approach that considers the language on its own terms. Presented in a dialogic form, it discusses characteristics such as parts of speech, subjects and objects, as well as head-word and ...
Nouns and Verbs in Chinese II: Consequences and Prospects
1st Edition
By Shen Jiaxuan
October 27, 2025
As the second volume of a two-volume set that re-examines nouns and verbs in Chinese, this book investigates a wide range of linguistic phenomena in Chinese and other languages to substantiate the verbs-as-nouns theory proposed by the author. In an attempt to break free from the shackles of Western...
Asymmetry and Markedness Theory I: Affirmation and Negation
1st Edition
By Shen Jiaxuan
October 05, 2025
This first volume explores asymmetry in language by examining how affirmative and negative constructions reveal markedness phenomena. Building on the focus of the larger set, this volume first introduces the theoretical framework and key concepts of markedness theory and then applies them to ...
Asymmetry and Markedness Theory II: Form and Meaning
1st Edition
By Shen Jiaxuan
October 05, 2025
This second volume examines asymmetry in language by focusing on how linguistic form and meaning align or diverge. Building on the concepts introduced in Volume 1, this volume analyzes symmetry and asymmetry in form-meaning relations using examples from antonym pairs, subject-object contrasts, and ...
Nouns and Verbs in Chinese I: Facts and Theories
1st Edition
By Shen Jiaxuan
October 01, 2025
As the first volume of a two-volume set that re-examines nouns and verbs in Chinese, this book proposes the verbs-as-nouns theory, corroborated by discussions of the nature and relationship between nouns and verbs in Chinese. Seeking to break free from the shackles of Western linguistic paradigms ...