Analysing Chinese Language and Discourse across Layers and Genres
Editor
Aspirational and expanding, this book examines contemporary Chinese language and discourse across a spectrum of linguistic layers and genres in diverse social contexts. Addressing issues ranging from the usual focus on language per se, or language use in reaction to the immediate settings, to the connections between properties of texts and social practices (ideologies, stancetaking, power relations, etc.), the updated and exemplary research projects presented in the volume demonstrates a developing trajectory of research in Chinese language and discourse. With its empirical focus and stress on the role of language and discourse in social practice, this important new book discusses various language features as well as gender, stancetaking, and identity in Chinese discourse. This is a vital discussion for anyone interested in contemporary Chinese language and discourse studies.
In examination of different layers of language (i.e. from lexical items and sentence structures to discourse features and discursive practices) across different genres of texts, the research projects have drawn on a variety of linguistic approaches and methodologies, including functional linguistics, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics and various approaches to discourse analysis.
Researchers and students of Chinese linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse studies, translation studies, and China studies in general will find this volume an indispensable reference and an enjoyable read.
In examination of different layers of language (i.e. from lexical items and sentence structures to discourse features and discursive practices) across different genres of texts, the research projects have drawn on a variety of linguistic approaches and methodologies, including functional linguistics, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics and various approaches to discourse analysis.
Researchers and students of Chinese linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse studies, translation studies, and China studies in general will find this volume an indispensable reference and an enjoyable read.
[Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse, 13] 2020. xiii, 233 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements | pp. vii–8
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List of contributors | pp. ix–xiii
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Chapter 1. Researching the Chinese language and discourse: Past and presentWei Wang | pp. 1–10
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Chapter 2. The distribution of null subjects in Chinese discourse: A centering approachShuangshuang (Lillian) Chen | pp. 11–36
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Chapter 3. Conversational narrative marker: Identification and modificationDongyi Zhu | pp. 37–58
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Chapter 4. Windows of attention and the polysemy of V-kaiWang Liansheng | pp. 59–72
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Chapter 5. The acceptability of 把 ba+subject-oriented resultatives in Mandarin ChineseShuo Yu | pp. 73–100
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Chapter 6. Gender representation in Chinese languageLan Li | pp. 101–118
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Chapter 7. Understanding stancetaking through gestures and linguistic practices in a public political debate in Hong KongHelen Wan | pp. 119–146
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Chapter 8. Representations of Pinkunsheng in China’s university mediaYuping Chen | pp. 147–166
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Chapter 9. Language resources of Yunnan in “the Belt and Road” projectLinda Tsung, Zhang Xia and Zhang Lubei | pp. 167–176
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Chapter 10. Impact of power relations on news translation in China: A critical discourse analysis perspectiveLiang Xia | pp. 177–194
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Chapter 11. Translating puns in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: A relevance-theoretic approach to (un)translatabilitySamantha Zhan Xu | pp. 195–218
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Chapter 12. Translation and re-narration of Nainai: The personal deixis in the English translations of Honglou MengJiayan Xiao, Qing Yang and Shiyao He | pp. 219–228
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Name index | pp. 229–230
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Subject index | pp. 231–233
“This book contains research projects that draw on a variety of linguistic approaches and methodologies, addressing issues ranging from concerns about language to the connections between properties of texts and social practices. As a teacher of Chinese as a foreign language, this interesting reading not only enriches my existing theoretical knowledge, but also gives me a new understanding and inspiration for some language phenomena.”
Zhe Shao, University of Barcelona, in Language in Society 51:3 (2022).
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009030: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics