Saina Wuyun

Wuyun, Saina 2024 Causative alternation in Zuo Tradition Language and Linguistics 25:1, pp. 123–161 | Article

This study examines the different variants of causative alternation in Zuo Tradition (左傳), an archaic Chinese narrative history from the Pre-Qin period. It is found that denominal verbs, unergative verbs, and “pure” unaccusative verbs participate actively in the alternation, and that the… read more

Wuyun, Saina and Hauhua Pan 2021 漢語語篇中語義實體的篇章可及性 [The discoursal accessibility of semantic entities in Chinese discourse] Language and Linguistics 22:3, pp. 440–474 | Article

本文在向心理論的框架下，討論漢語語篇中語句所包含的語義實體（即後指中心集合成員）顯著度等級排序的依據。這一排序是預測某一語句中語義實體相對於其隨後語句的篇章可及性的依據。我們計算並分析了漢語含「把」、「給」、「放」、「被」四類句式的敘述性語篇片段中這四類語句與其之前和隨後語句間回指中心的過渡方式。通過具體的數據分析和比對，我們發現了以下模式和傾向：(1)話題位置的語義實體是維繫篇章連貫性的關鍵，所有觀察的語句均通過話題位置的語義實體實現與其之前和隨後語句間的回指中心延續；(2)除話題位置的語義實體外，後指中心集合成員的顯著度等級排序遵循題元角色序列等級，以題元序列為參考， read more

Wuyun, Saina and Haihua Pan 2014 The inter-sentential function of Mandarin bei passives Chinese Language and Discourse 5:2, pp. 252–280 | Article

Although the intra-sentential functions of the Mandarin bei passive construction have been well studied, its inter-sentential function has not been well understood yet. In this paper, from a Centering Theory perspective, we demonstrate that the bei passive also bears inter-sentential weights.… read more

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