Research on Functional Grammar of Chinese I: Information Structure and Word Ordering Selection

ISBN-13: 9780367368517 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 258 str.

Bojiang Zhang; Mei Fang

Opis

This book has become influential in its exposition of how to use functional grammar to study the Chinese language. Using local Beijing vernacular as a basis, the information structure and focus structure of the Chinese language are systematically examined while its reference and grammatical categories are subjected to critical analysis.