28.2639, Books: Pivotal Constructions in Chinese: Peng

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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:21:43
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Pivotal Constructions in Chinese: Peng

 


Title: Pivotal Constructions in Chinese 
Subtitle: Diachronic, synchronic, and constructional perspectives 
Series Title: Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse 8  

Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/scld.8 


Author: Rui Peng

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027266057 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027266057 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027266057 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201881 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201881 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201881 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 104.94


Abstract:

This book presents a detailed analysis of the Chinese pivotal constructions
(PVCs) and their diachronic developments from a constructionalist perspective,
with the focus on the growth of the constructional hierarchies of these
constructions and the changes with respect to both the form and meaning
properties over time. The most important enabling factor behind the diachronic
developments of the PVCs has been the sanction of the new instances
conflicting with the constructions’ specifications. Throughout history the
PVCs have grown along the two dimensions, i.e., inclusiveness and
multileveledness, leading to a steady increase in the sizes of their
constructional hierarchies. The two-dimensional expansion of the PVCs’
constructional hierarchies has been accompanied by the gradual relaxation of
the conditions constraining the earliest instances, on multiple schematicity
levels. This book will be valuable to scholars working on diachronic
construction grammar and language change as well as to those interested in the
history of Chinese language.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Syntax

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


Written In: English  (eng)

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