25.4860, Books: New Perspectives on Chinese Syntax: Paul

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Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:36:09
From: Linda Steglich [linda.steglich at degruyter.com]
Subject: New Perspectives on Chinese Syntax: Paul

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Title: New Perspectives on Chinese Syntax 
Series Title: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] 271  

Publication Year: 2014 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton

Book URL: http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/212675?format=G 

Author: Waltraud Paul

Electronic: ISBN:  9783110393972 Pages: 357 Price: Europe EURO 99.95
Hardback: ISBN:  9783110338683 Pages: 357 Price: Europe EURO 99.95

Abstract:

Mandarin Chinese has become indispensable for crosslinguistic comparison and
syntactic theorizing. It is nevertheless still difficult to obtain
comprehensive answers to research questions, because Chinese is often
presented as an "exotic" language defying the analytical tools standardly used
for other languages. This book sets out to demystify Chinese. It places
controversial issues in the context of current syntactic theories and offers
precise analyses based on a large array of representative data. Although the
focus is on Modern Mandarin, earlier stages of Chinese are occasionally
referred to in order to highlight striking continuities in its history. VO
order is one such constant factor, thus invalidating the idea that Chinese
went through a major word order change from OV to VO and back to OV. Another
claim often made for Chinese as an isolating language, viz. the existence of
an impoverished inventory of parts of speech, is likewise refuted. Other long
debated issues addressed here include the relevance of the dichotomy topic vs
subject prominence and the role of Chinese as a recurring exception to
crosscategorial harmonies posited in typological studies.

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax
                     Typology

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

Written In: English  (eng)

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