Jiansheng Guo
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jiansheng Guo plays a role.
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2010. From language structures to language use: A case from Mandarin motion expression classification. Chinese Language and Discourse 1:1, pp. 31–65
The place of Mandarin Chinese in Talmy’s two-way typology of motion expressions has been a focus of debate. Based primarily on linguistic intuition, some researchers consider Mandarin a Satellite-framed language, and some others consider it a Verb-framed language. This paper reports results from… read more | Article
2007. Multiple selves and thematic domains in gender identity: Perspectives from Chinese children's conflict management styles. Selves and Identities in Narrative and Discourse, Bamberg, Michael, Anna De Fina and Deborah Schiffrin (eds.), pp. 181–227
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2002. When do Chinese girls order boys around? Culture and context in gender differences in communicative strategies by 5-year-old Mandarin-speaking children. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 12:2, pp. 185–216
The study examines gender differences in communicative strategies of Mandarin-speaking children in Beijing, China. Five-year-olds’ naturalistic discourse shows that both girls and boys can be bossy and demanding on the one hand, and submissive and tolerant for impositions and chastisement on the… read more | Article
1996. Shifting face from Asia to Europe. Essays in Semantics and Pragmatics: In honor of Charles J. Fillmore, Shibatani, Masayoshi and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.), pp. 43 ff.
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1995. The Interactional Basis of the Mandarin Modal néng ‘can’. Modality in Grammar and Discourse, Bybee, Joan L. and Suzanne Fleischman (eds.), pp. 205 ff.
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