David C.S. Li
List of John Benjamins publications for which David C.S. Li plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 1810-7478 | E-ISSN 2589-5230
Title
Media Language and Discourse in Cultural China
Edited by Doreen D. Wu, Ming Liu and David C.S. Li
Special issue of Chinese Language and Discourse 13:1 (2022) v, 165 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Sino-Tibetan languages | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Articles
2022 Introduction to “Media Language and Discourse in Cultural China” Media Language and Discourse in Cultural China, Wu, Doreen D., Ming Liu and David C.S. Li (eds.), pp. 1–6
Introduction
2011 ‘Perfective paradox’: A cross-linguistic study of the aspectual functions of -guo in Mandarin Chinese Chinese Language and Discourse 2:1, pp. 23–57
The toneless aspect mark -guo is generally viewed as a perfective marker with experiential function. It appears to be subject to a number of semantic constraints, such as discontinuity, repeatability or recurrence, reversibility, and indefinite reference. This article demonstrates that… read more | Article
2009 Review of Prescott (2007): English in Southeast Asia: Varieties, Literacies and Literatures English World-Wide 30:1, pp. 103–108
Review
2009 Towards ‘biliteracy and trilingualism’ in Hong Kong (SAR): Problems, dilemmas and stakeholders’ views Multilingual, Globalizing Asia: Implications for policy and education, Lim, Lisa and Ee-Ling Low (eds.), pp. 72–84
Despite the Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region) government’s determination to implement the ‘mother tongue education’ policy amid strong social resistance one year after the handover, English remains a prestigious language in society. The need for Putonghua (Mandarin/Standard Chinese) is… read more | Article
2004 Review of Chan (2003): Aspects of the Syntax, the Pragmatics, and the Production of Code-Switching. Cantonese and English English World-Wide 25:2, pp. 311–315
Review
2000 Phonetic Borrowing: Key to the vitality of written Cantonese in Hong Kong Written Language & Literacy 3:2, pp. 199–233
Chinese Hongkongers express themselves increasingly in written Cantonese, resulting in the proliferation of Cantonese elements in the Hong Kong Chinese press. To overcome the orthographic gap, Hongkongers resort to phonetic borrowing and phonetic compound formation. Phonetic borrowing may be based… read more | Article
1999 The Functions and Status of English in Hong Kong: A Post-1997 Update English World-Wide 20:1, pp. 67–110
This paper is an update of Luke and Richards' (1982) study on the functions and status of English in Hong Kong. The sociolinguistic matrix is described by outlining the distribution of the main functions of the two written languages standard written Chinese (SWC) and English, and the three spoken… read more | Article