BIC SubjectsLinguistics/Mandarin

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Patient-Subject Constructions in Mandarin Chinese: Syntax, semantics, discourse

Xiaoling He

As a distinctive syntactic structure in Mandarin Chinese, the Patient-Subject Construction (PSC) is one of the most interesting but least well-understood structures in the language. This book offers a comprehensive account of the history, structure, meaning and use of the PSC. Unlike previous… read more

[Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse, 12] 2019. xi, 204 pp.

The Acquisition of L2 Mandarin Prosody: From experimental studies to pedagogical practice

Chunsheng Yang

This book examines the acquisition of L2 Mandarin prosody, a less explored area in SLA. While acknowledging that tone acquisition is one of the most important aspects in acquiring L2 Mandarin phonology, the book demonstrates that phrase- and utterance-level prosody is equally important.… read more

[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition, 1] 2016. xviii, 175 pp.

Displaying Recipiency: Reactive tokens in Mandarin task-oriented interaction

Jun Xu

This book is intended to address students, researchers and teachers of spoken language. It presents an empirical study of task-oriented language data in which coparticipants display levels of recipiency through reactive tokens. An in-depth investigation of displaying recipiency is of interest… read more

[Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse, 6] 2016. xvii, 198 pp.

A Grammar of Mandarin

Jeroen Wiedenhof

A fascinating description of a global language, A Grammar of Mandarin combines broad perspectives with illuminating depth. Crammed with examples from everyday conversations, it aims to let the language speak for itself. The book opens with an overview of the language situation and a thorough… read more

[Not in series, 197] 2015. xxv, 477 pp.