29.2652, Books: Causal connectives and perspective markers in Chinese: Wei

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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:12:25
From: Karijn Hootsen [gw.uilots.lot at uu.nl]
Subject: Causal connectives and perspective markers in Chinese: Wei

 


Title: Causal connectives and perspective markers in Chinese 
Subtitle: The encoding and processing of subjectivity in discourse 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	

Book URL: https://www.lotpublications.nl/causal-connectives-and-perspective-markers-in-chinese 


Author: Yipu Wei

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460932663 Pages: 203 Price: Europe EURO 31.00


Abstract:

Language users need to interpret others’ subjective opinions in communication.
In causal relations, subjectivity is defined as the involvement of a speaker
who is responsible for the causal reasoning. Subjectivity can be expressed by
various linguistic cues such as perspective markers (e.g. I think, it is said)
and modal verbs (e.g. may, must). Some connectives encode subjectivity as well
– the Chinese connective kejian ‘so/therefore’ and the Dutch connective dus
‘so’ indicate that a causal relation is based on the subjective reasoning of
the speaker. These linguistic cues function as instructions for comprehenders
in on-line language processing. This dissertation explores the use of
linguistic markers expressing subjectivity in discourse and how these markers
influence the representation and processing of discourse. Three different
methods were applied to Mandarin Chinese: a collocational analysis, an on-line
reading study and a visual world paradigm eye-tracking study. The results show
that linguistic cues such as perspective markers and modal verbs are used in
combination with connectives to express subjectivity in causal relations. In
on-line reading, these linguistic cues function as processing instructions to
readers – helping them track the source of information and interpret
subjectivity. Moreover, this process is highly incremental. An eye-tracking
study using the visual world paradigm provided evidence about how subjectivity
influences processing: the processing of subjectivity involves activating the
source of information in the mental representation of the linguistic input.
Combining these three methods has proved to be a fruitful way of gaining more
insight into the phenomenon of subjectivity.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Pragmatics

Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)


Written In: English  (eng)

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