The Chinese Particle Le
| Author | : M.E. van den Berg |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 2006-09-27 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781135791094 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1135791090 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (090 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Chinese Particle Le written by M.E. van den Berg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since the start of Chinese linguistic studies, the description of the Chinese particle LE has remained elusive. The classification has evolved from a listing of sentences and the discussion of contrastive pairs to a more context and discourse-oriented analysis. The development in recent years of inferential models and situation semantics has opened the way for a renewed study of the use of the Chinese particle LE. This book discusses the Chinese data from a 'mental space' perspective and finally reveals the role so-called Chinese 'sentence LE' plays in the construction and maintenance of discourse.
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