Current Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse: Global context and diverse perspectives
Edited by Yun Xiao and Linda Tsung
[Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse, 10] 2019. xi, 298 pp.
Yun Xiao
List of John Benjamins publications for which Yun Xiao plays a role.
Title
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Sino-Tibetan languages
Articles
2019 Chapter 2. New words in contemporary Chinese language use: Linguistic features and formation processes Current Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse: Global context and diverse perspectives, Xiao, Yun and Linda Tsung (eds.), pp. 6–25 | Chapter
This study analyzes the linguistic features and word formation processes of the new words in The List of New Words Used in Media 2015. The results show that the average word length of the 446 new words used in media 2015 is 3.34, with both 3- and 4-morpheme words hovering around 40% of the total… read more
2019 Chapter 1. Chinese discourse from diverse perspectives: An introduction Current Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse: Global context and diverse perspectives, Xiao, Yun and Linda Tsung (eds.), pp. 2–4 | Chapter
2016 The rise of catchword “被 bei-XX”: Grammaticalization and reanalysis Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) 51:1, pp. 79–97 | Article
Recent studies on Chinese language use show that the rapid development of Internet communication in China has created a new linguistic variety, Chinese Internet language (CIL). Marked with innovations and catch words, CIL is officially branded as 平民化 pingminhua (‘grassroots,’ ‘ordinary’), 低门槛… read more
2011 Review of (2005/2006): Language Situation in China Chinese Language and Discourse 2:2, pp. 307–309 | Review