358 Pages
by
Routledge
358 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
358 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
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 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 insights into the... Read more
List of figures
List of tables
List of abbreviations
Preface to the Revised Chinese Edition
Preface to the First Chinese Edition
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Some Relevant Concepts in Prosodic Phonology
Chapter 3 Words and Phrases
Chapter 4 The VP-Prosody: Balance between the Left and the Right
Chapter 5 Prosodically Motivated Syntactic Operations
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.
