Aaron Yao-Ren Wu

List of John Benjamins publications for which Aaron Yao-Ren Wu plays a role.

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Wu, Aaron Yao-Ren and Yung-O Biq 2011 Lexicalization of intensifiers: Two X-shi constructions in spoken Mandarin Chinese Language and Discourse 2:2, pp. 168–197 | Article
The present study investigates the lexicalization of zhenshi and shizaishi in Taiwan Mandarin, showing how they originate as a fusion of an adverb and the copula/focus marker shi and further develop a non-compositional meaning through talk-in-interaction and function as right peripheral stance… read more