32.3150, Books: Sentence-final particles in Mandarin: Fang

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Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 21:46:04
From: Janacy van Duijn Genet [lot at uva.nl]
Subject: Sentence-final particles in Mandarin: Fang

 


Title: Sentence-final particles in Mandarin 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	

Book URL: https://www.lotpublications.nl/sentence-final-particles-in-mandarin 


Author: Hongmei Fang

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460933745 Pages: 161 Price: Europe EURO 29


Abstract:

This thesis, based on corpus data, investigates eight sentence-final particles
in Mandarin Chinese (de, le, ne1, ne2, ba, ma, a and ou) within the framework
of Functional Discourse Grammar. The focus is on the individual particles le,
ba, ne1 on the one hand, and on the sequential ordering of the aforementioned
eight particles on the other. It is argued in particular that sentence-final
le is a mirative marker, sentence-final ba is a mitigator, and sentence-final
ne1 is a polarity contradiction marker. The investigation of corpus data shows
that maximally three particles can cluster at the end of a sentence. It is
proposed that the eight sentence-final particles are organized in a strict
four-layered hierarchy, in which each particle pertains to a specific semantic
or pragmatic layer. Their positioning in this hierarchy is iconically
reflected in their sequential ordering when they cluster. In connection with
these findings, this thesis suggests a number of modifications of the
framework of Functional Discourse Grammar.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Semantics
                     Syntax
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

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


Written In: English  (eng)

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