262 Pages
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Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the two volumes of Prosodic Syntax in Chinese , the author develops a new model, which proposes that the interaction between syntax and prosody is bi-directional and that prosody can not only constrains syntactic structures but also activates syntactic operations. All of the facts investigated in Chinese provide new perspectives for linguistic theories as well as the insights into the nature... Read more
List of tables
List of abbreviations
Preface
Chapter 1 Word Order Change and Stress Shift
Chapter 2 Prosodic Structure and the Origin of bei Constructions
Chapter 3 Prosodic Structure and the Birth of ba Constructions
Chapter 4 Prosodically Constrained Localizers in Classical and Modern Chinese
Postscript to the Chinese Edition
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Feng Shengli is Professor of Chinese Linguistics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include prosodic syntax, poetic prosody, historical syntax and exegesis.
