Chen-Sheng Luther Liu
List of John Benjamins publications for which Chen-Sheng Luther Liu plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 1606-822X | E-ISSN 2309-5067
2023 The ho -V construction in Taiwanese Southern Min and the degree-introducing morpheme ho and u International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 10:2, pp. 181–219 | Article
In this study, I first provide an in-depth study on the TSM ho-V construction with a monosyllabic V, especially on the morpho-syntactic function and the degree-introducing function of the morpheme ho ‘hoVD’. Then, based on Liu’s (2020) study on the TSM u-V construction, I comprehensively compare… read more
2022 The quantity adjective duō in Chinese and the event quantity construction International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 9:2, pp. 197–231 | Article
In the duō event quantity construction, duō ‘much’ is a quantity adjective. What duō ‘much’ modifies is the root of the verb and the root has to move to the light verb position to be categorically defined. The quantity adjective duō ‘much’ functions to introduce a measure function which measures… read more
2020 An analysis of focus and its role in the answering systems of polar questions in Chinese and English International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 7:1, pp. 45–70 | Article
Instead of classifying natural languages in terms of their answering systems for polar questions, this study investigates how languages construct the answering system for the polar questions with a special concentration on the answering system of the Chinese ma particle question and English polar… read more
2018 A comparative with two standards of comparison International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 5:2, pp. 195–225 | Article
This article discusses the syntax and semantics of the DS comparative in Chinese, which is an adjectival comparative in which the sequence gèng duō ‘even-more much’ occurs as the degree búyǔ complement clause of the matrix adjective. The element duō ‘much’ is a quantity-adjective that interacts… read more
2015 Amount classifiers in Chinese and the mass/count distinction International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 2:1, pp. 1–32 | Article
In Chinese, temporary classifiers form together with classifiers like piàn ‘piece’, tuán ‘something ball-shaped’, gǔ ‘stream or stand’ and pài ‘faction or clique’ a type of classifiers that has both mass and count forms. When occurring with the determinative quantifier yī to create a structure… read more