Encoding Motion Events in Mandarin Chinese: A cognitive functional study
Jingxia Lin
[Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse, 11] 2019. xvii, 209 pp.
Jingxia Lin
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jingxia Lin plays a role.
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Subjects Cognition and language | Morphology | Semantics | Sino-Tibetan languages | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2019 Semantic constraint on preposition incorporation of postverbal locative PPs in Mandarin Chinese Sound, Form, and Meaning of Chinese Dialects, Eom, Ik-sang (ed.), pp. 85–130 | Article
Other than subcategorized argument locative PPs (e.g. 放在桌子上 fàng zài zhuōzi-shàng ‘put on the table’), the postverbal position in Modern Mandarin Chinese can only be filled by limited types of adjunct locative prepositional phrases (e.g. 跳在桌子上 tiào zài zhuōzi-shàng ‘jump onto the table’). Among… read more
2018 Singapore Mandarin Chinese: Its variations and studies Chinese Language and Discourse 9:2, pp. 109–135 | Review article
Given the historical and linguistic contexts of Singapore, it is both theoretically and practically significant to study Singapore Mandarin (SM), an important member of Global Chinese. This paper aims to present a relatively comprehensive linguistic picture of SM by overviewing current studies,… read more
2011 The syntax–semantics interface of multi-morpheme motion constructions in Chinese: An analysis based on hierarchical scalar structure Studies in Language 35:2, pp. 337–379 | Article
This study analyzes semantic constraints affecting the order of motion morphemes in Mandarin Chinese multi-morpheme motion constructions (MMMCs, e.g. zǒu-jìn fángjiān ‘walk into the room’ (lit.) ‘walk-enter room’ vs. *jìn-zǒu (lit.) ‘enter-walk’). We classify Chinese motion morphemes into four… read more