Spatial demonstratives in English and Chinese : text and cognition /
Wu, Yi'an.
Spatial demonstratives in English and Chinese : text and cognition / Yián Wu. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : John Benjamins Pub., ©2004. - 1 online resource (xviii, 234 pages). - Pragmatics & beyond, new ser. v. 126 0922-842X ; . - Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 126. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and indexes.
Spatial Demonstratives in English and Chinese; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication page; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgements; List of tables; Conventions and abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The nature of spatial demonstratives; 3. Spatial demonstratives in real space; 4. Spatial demonstratives in displaced contexts: Similar trends of extension; 5. Spatial demonstratives in displaced contexts: Structural constraints on the similar trends of extension; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; Appendix; Name index; Subject index.
As a subject of universal appeal, spatial demonstratives have been studied extensively from a variety of disciplines. What marks the present study as distinct is that it is an English-Chinese comparative study set in a cognitive-linguistic framework and that the methodology features a parallel corpora-based, discourse analysis approach. The framework illuminates the nature of the demonstratives' basic and extended meaning and use, the connections between them, and the mechanisms that govern and constrain their trends of extension. The corpora place the English and Chinese demonstratives in com.
9789027295194 (electronic bk.) 9027295190 (electronic bk.) 1282160273 9781282160279 (Eur.) (U.S.)
English language--Demonstratives.
English language--Grammar, Comparative--Chinese.
Chinese language--Grammar, Comparative--English.
Chinese language--Demonstratives.
English language--Article.
Chinese language--Article.
Chinois (Langue)--Démonstratifs.
Chinois (Langue)--Article.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Syntax.
Chinese language--Grammar, Comparative--English.
English language--Article.
English language--Demonstratives.
English language--Grammar, Comparative--Chinese.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PE1251 / .W8 2004eb
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Spatial demonstratives in English and Chinese : text and cognition / Yián Wu. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : John Benjamins Pub., ©2004. - 1 online resource (xviii, 234 pages). - Pragmatics & beyond, new ser. v. 126 0922-842X ; . - Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 126. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and indexes.
Spatial Demonstratives in English and Chinese; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication page; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgements; List of tables; Conventions and abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The nature of spatial demonstratives; 3. Spatial demonstratives in real space; 4. Spatial demonstratives in displaced contexts: Similar trends of extension; 5. Spatial demonstratives in displaced contexts: Structural constraints on the similar trends of extension; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; Appendix; Name index; Subject index.
As a subject of universal appeal, spatial demonstratives have been studied extensively from a variety of disciplines. What marks the present study as distinct is that it is an English-Chinese comparative study set in a cognitive-linguistic framework and that the methodology features a parallel corpora-based, discourse analysis approach. The framework illuminates the nature of the demonstratives' basic and extended meaning and use, the connections between them, and the mechanisms that govern and constrain their trends of extension. The corpora place the English and Chinese demonstratives in com.
9789027295194 (electronic bk.) 9027295190 (electronic bk.) 1282160273 9781282160279 (Eur.) (U.S.)
English language--Demonstratives.
English language--Grammar, Comparative--Chinese.
Chinese language--Grammar, Comparative--English.
Chinese language--Demonstratives.
English language--Article.
Chinese language--Article.
Chinois (Langue)--Démonstratifs.
Chinois (Langue)--Article.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Syntax.
Chinese language--Grammar, Comparative--English.
English language--Article.
English language--Demonstratives.
English language--Grammar, Comparative--Chinese.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PE1251 / .W8 2004eb
425/.5