Publications

Publication details [#6201]

Li, Charles N. and Sandra A. Thompson. 1979. The pragmatics of two types of yes-no questions in Mandarin and its universal implications. Papers from the Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society 15 : 197–206.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
universal grammar | yes-no question
Language as a subject
Chinese, Mandarin

Annotation

On the pragmatic difference between V-not-V questions and particle questions in Mandarin Chinese, and its implications for universal grammar.