Danjie Su
List of John Benjamins publications for which Danjie Su plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 1877-7031 | E-ISSN 1877-8798
Articles
2023 Speakers’ subjective evaluation of adversity: Adversity lens constructed through bei- passive in Chinese conversation Chinese Language and Discourse 14:2, pp. 328–362 | Article
Adversative passives like Mandarin Chinese bei-passives are known to convey adversity, but what “adversity” means specifically for speakers of bei- in conversational discourse remains unknown. Whereas previous studies examine adversity within the bei- clause, this study uses the lens concept to… read more
2022 Factuality lens: Choosing the unmarked passive construction in Chinese conversation Chinese Language and Discourse 13:2, pp. 242–274 | Article
Why do speakers choose the Mandarin Chinese unmarked passive construction (UP) in conversation when they have other grammatical alternatives with roughly the same semantics? From the perspective of subjectivity, this study identifies the Factuality lens, a lens through which a situation is… read more
2017 A crosslinguistic study of some extended uses of what-based interrogative expressions in Chinese, English, and Korean Chinese Language and Discourse 8:2, pp. 137–173 | Article
Interrogative pronouns such as what in English, shenme in Mandarin Chinese, and mwe/mwusun in Korean all have developed extended uses beyond interrogation. Such uses may include filling a gap in conversation, softening a speaker’s epistemic stance, and indicating strong emotions such as surprises… read more
2017 Semantics and chunking in written and conversational discourses: A corpus study of two near-synonymous words in Mandarin Chinese Language and Discourse 8:1, pp. 51–94 | Article
Although much has been written about the differences between written and conversational discourses, less work has been done on how these two discourse types differ in terms of chunking patterns. This study investigates the different meanings and chunking patterns two words have in Mandarin written… read more
2017 Wang, William S-Y. and Chaofen Sun (eds.). 2015. The Oxford handbook of Chinese linguistics Studies in Language 41:4, pp. 1027–1036 | Review
2011 Review of Tsou & You (2010): 全球华语 新词语词典 Chinese Language and Discourse 2:2, pp. 301–306 | Review
Shadowing textbook and authentic materials in beginning L2 learners’ acquisition of Mandarin Chinese tones in spontaneous speech Journal of Second Language Pronunciation: Online-First Articles | Article
Addressing the lack of research examining the use of discourse-level speech input in beginning L2 learners’ Mandarin tone production in spontaneous speech, this study compares the effects of authentic videos and textbook audios as shadowing materials on beginners’ multisyllabic tone production… read more