"Exhaustivity, Contrastivity, and the Semantics of Mandarin Cleft-related Structures investigates the semantics of the cleft and cleft-related structures in Mandarin, which, over several decades, have presented analytical challenges for semantic theory. The goal of this book, in broad terms, is...

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Main Author:	Liu, Ying (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York, NY Routledge 2023
Series:	Routledge studies in Chinese linguistics
Subjects:	Chinesisch Syntax Semantik Informationsstruktur Spaltsatz Chinese language / Semantics Comparative linguistics
Summary:	"Exhaustivity, Contrastivity, and the Semantics of Mandarin Cleft-related Structures investigates the semantics of the cleft and cleft-related structures in Mandarin, which, over several decades, have presented analytical challenges for semantic theory. The goal of this book, in broad terms, is three-fold: (i) to figure out what clefting adds to the semantics of a sentence; (ii) to set apart the meaning and the discourse function of each type of cleft-related structure; and (iii) to provide a uniform analysis of Mandarin clefts and their related structures. More specifically, it addresses the following questions: (i) what is the semantics of Mandarin clefts? (ii) what do exhaustivity and contrastivity contribute to the meaning of clefts? (iii) what are the semantic (or pragmatic) factors that determine the variation of clefts, related structures, and canonical sentences? and (iv) cross-linguistically speaking, how do Mandarin shi...de cleft and its related structures differ from similar constructions such as English it-cleft, French c'est cleft, and German es-cleft? This book will be informative for linguists who are working on cleft constructions, focus sensitive structures cross-linguistically, and those interested in experimental semantics and pragmatics"--
Physical Description:	vii, 220 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 23,6 cm
ISBN:	9780367631451 9780367631420