This book introduces a contrastive analysis of Chinese and English syntax based on generative grammar. It covers major syntactic domains, including but not limited to noun phrases, verb phrases, the inflectional domain, the discourse-related domain and ellipsis. Based on the empirical data drawn from both Chinese and English, and recast in modern linguistic terminology, the book introduces various rules and theoretical modules from the generative framework to analyze the similarities and differences between Chinese and English syntax. The chapters are arranged such that the book moves from the easiest syntactic topics gradually towards the more complex and advanced ones. Each chapter includes a short summary of major points and references for further reading. Readers are not required to have background knowledge in syntax. The book can serve as a textbook or a reference book for scholars of Chinese studies, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCFL), Chinese linguistics, comparative linguistics and theoretical linguistics.
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"Couched in the theoretical framework of generative grammar, the book is a pioneering work that comprehensively explains the differences and similarities between English and Chinese syntax. With admirable clarity, the author provides a bird's-eye overview of the major linguistic terminology and theoretical analyses in syntax and demonstrates their significance in accounting for cross-linguistic variation. The book is an excellent synthesis of literature, theories, and data, beneficial for researchers and educators as well as students."Xiao Li Associate Professor, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), USA
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781036400064
Publisert
2024-02-28
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Høyde
212 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
170

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Ruixi Ressy Ai is Associate Professor of Chinese Studies in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, California State University at Long Beach, USA. He is the author of Elliptical Predicate Constructions in Mandarin (2008) and Introduction to Chinese Culture (2009). He has published numerous papers in academic journals such as Linguistic Inquiry, Asian Languages and Linguistics and Modern Foreign Languages.