Xuehua Xiang

List of John Benjamins publications for which Xuehua Xiang plays a role.

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Xiang, Xuehua 2019 A comparative study of the restrictive markings of mandarin Jiù, Cái, and ZhǐColumbia School Linguistics in the 21st Century, Stern, Nancy, Ricardo Otheguy, Wallis Reid and Jaseleen Sackler (eds.), pp. 259–280 | Chapter
This study analyzes Mandarin 就 (jiù), 才(cái), and 只(zhǐ), all of which communicate messages of restrictiveness and may be translated as ‘just,’ ‘only,’ ‘no more,’ ‘no other,’ and other such expressions of small quantity and restriction. The study shows that the three particles distinguish distinct… read more
Based on twelve celebrity interviews in Mandarin Chinese and American English, broadcast in a range of talk-radio/television programs in the U.S. and China, the current study is a comparative analysis of interviewers’ questioning practices and the cultural underpinnings of those questions. The… read more