22.3308, Books: Applied Ling/Syntax/Semantics/Ling Theories/Lang Acq: Loar

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Date: 18-Aug-2011
From: Laura Bally [publicity at peterlang.com]
Subject: Chinese Syntactic Grammar: Loar

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Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:06:12
From: Laura Bally [publicity at peterlang.com]
Subject: Chinese Syntactic Grammar: Loar

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Title: Chinese Syntactic Grammar 
Subtitle: Functional and Conceptual Principles 
Series Title: Berkeley Models of Grammars - Volume 9  

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Peter Lang AG
	   http://www.peterlang.com

Book URL: http://www.peterlang.com/?311252 

Author: Jian Kang Loar

Hardback: ISBN:  9781433112522 Pages: 517 Price: U.S. $ 99.95
Hardback: ISBN:  9781433112522 Pages: 517 Price: U.K. £ 58.10
Hardback: ISBN:  9781433112522 Pages: 517 Price: Europe EURO 64.50 Comment: for Germany EURO 69.00, for Austria EURO 71.00 (incl. VAT)

Abstract:

Chinese Syntactic Grammar: Functional and Conceptual Principles is unique 
in that it discusses the organizational principles of Chinese syntactic 
structures in terms of conceptual and functional principles, which are iconic 
and hence are easy to understand and apply. The organizational principles 
mainly comprise the three Chinese conceptual principles of Temporal 
Sequence, Temporal Scope, and Whole-Before-Part (Tai, 1985) and the two 
functional principles of Communicative Dynamism and the Principle of Topic-
End Focus. By analyzing the semantic roles of each clause element, 
Chinese Syntactic Grammar reveals that the conceptual principles play a 
crucial role in organizing ideas and bringing units (such as subject, verb, and 
object) together to form grammatical sequences, which manifest S (A) V O 
(C), which is the basic Chinese word order. The functional principles control 
and govern variations of the basic sentence structure, which are motivated to 
facilitate effective communication and achieve specific communicative goals, 
thus generating several special structures, including the Bá/Bèi/null Bèi 
sentences, etc. The variant forms are motivated to achieve special 
communicative goals, and to facilitate effective communication.

Another feature of the book is that it focuses on reasons, rather than merely 
on a description of rules. The language is lucid, and the arguments are 
cogent. The scope and depth of the investigation make the volume one of the 
most thorough and relatively complete pedagogical reference books. Chinese 
Syntactic Grammar can serve as a textbook for training professional CFL 
teachers. It is a must-read book for Mandarin Chinese teachers as a handy 
manual, also for intermediate and advanced Chinese learners if they want to 
have deeper insight into the nature of the Chinese language. Linguists who 
are interested in cognitive grammar and specialists across many fields 
including education, psychology, communication, and information science will 
find the book enlightening and interesting. 

Jian Kang Loar received her BA in English and MA in English and linguistics 
at Huazhong University in Wuhan, China, where she also became an English 
lecturer. She came to Boston University on a presidential scholarship, and, 
subsequently, received her PhD in applied linguistics. Dr. Loar is Associate 
Professor of Chinese at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, 
California. She has been engaged in foreign language teaching her whole life, 
and she is conversant with foreign language learning and teaching theories 
and methodology. Her specialty is Chinese grammar and linguistics, primarily 
in the verbal aspectual system, the sentence information structure, and word 
order in Chinese. Dr. Loar is the author of several articles that have been 
published in the Journal of Chinese Linguistics and the Journal of Chinese 
Language Teachers Association. 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Semantics
                     Syntax

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

Written In: English  (eng)

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