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Publication details [#6196]

Li, Charles N. 1976. A functional explanation for an unexpected case of ambiguity. In Juilland, Alphonse, ed. Linguistic studies offered to Joseph Greenberg on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. In collaboration with A.M. Devine and Laurence D. Stephens. Anma Libri. pp. 527–535.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

ambiguity | functional explanation

Language as a subject

Chinese, Mandarin

Annotation

L. gives a contextual explanation for the fact that a particular utterance in Mandarin Chinese can both have the meaning S and non-S.