16.2926, Books: Discourse Analysis/Pragmatics,Chinese:Jing-Schmidt

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Date: 05-Oct-2005
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Dramatized Discourse: Jing-Schmidt 

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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:32:04
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Dramatized Discourse: Jing-Schmidt 

Title: Dramatized Discourse 
Subtitle: The Mandarin Chinese ba-construction 
Series Title: Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 56  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SFSL%2056 

Author: Zhuo Jing-Schmidt, University of Cologne

Hardback: ISBN: 9027215650 Pages: xxii, 337 Price: U.S. $ 156.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027215650 Pages: xxii, 337 Price: Europe EURO 130.00

Abstract:

Language is a symbolic system of meanings evoked by linguistic forms. The
choice of forms in communication is non-arbitrary. Rather, speakers pick
those forms whose meanings best convey their discourse intention. The
meaning of the Mandarin ba-construction, argues Jing-Schmidt, is discourse
dramaticity, a concept that includes high conceptual salience and
subjectivity. The ba-construction and its "syntactic variations" are never
interchangeable because contrast in their meanings determines difference in
their functions. Quantitative analyses based on authentic data validate the
postulation of discourse dramaticity. By taking discourse pragmatics
seriously, the dramaticity hypothesis enables a unitary explanation that
transcends sentence grammar. 

The diachronic treatment reveals the syntactic change of the
ba-construction as an adaptive process of pragmatization, which raises the
issue of linguistic evolution as a result of socio-cultural development. 

This book will be of particular value to readers interested in the
interaction between grammar and pragmatics and to teachers confronting the
controversy of the ba-construction in foreign language pedagogy. 

Table of contents

Preface  xi-xii  
Acknowledgements  xiii-xv  
List of Figures and Tables  xvii-xviii  
Notational Conventions  xix  
Abbreviations  xxi-xxii  
1. Introduction  1-11  
2. Database  13-15  
3. The syntax of the ba-construction: Overview  17-66  
4. Previous approaches  67-112  
5. The hypothesis of discourse dramaticity  113-124  
6. Cognitive salience as discourse dramaticity  125-210  
7. Subjectivity and emotionality as discourse dramaticity  211-240  
8. An interim conclusion  241-244  
9 The pragmatization of the ba-construction: An adaptive change  245-295  
10. Final remarks  297-300  
Notes  301-307  
References  309-326  
Text material  327  
Author index  329-331  
Subject index  333-337 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Pragmatics
                     Syntax

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

Written In: English  (eng)

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