Word-Class Flexibility in Classical Chinese
Title | Word-Class Flexibility in Classical Chinese PDF eBook |
Author | Lukas Zadrapa |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2011-06-09 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9004206418 |
The apparent flexibility of words in Classical Chinese with respect to traditional word classes has always posed a problem in the description of this language and has caused much misunderstanding. Moreover, it has been long understudied, along with the closely related theory of Classical Chinese word classes. This work seeks to summarize previous research on this issue, re-orientate the discourse and construe a new interpretative paradigm that would lead to a more complex and realistic view. It is principally based on a multi-disciplinary approach and supported by the theoretical framework of cognitive linguistics. The study deals with the very conception of word classes, but its focus lies in the analysis of verbal and adverbial functions of nouns.
Classical Chinese Word-classes
Title | Classical Chinese Word-classes PDF eBook |
Author | John Stewart Cikoski |
Publisher | |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Chinese language |
ISBN |
Classical Chinese Word-classes
Title | Classical Chinese Word-classes PDF eBook |
Author | Cikoski, 1940- Cikoski |
Publisher | |
Pages | 199 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Word Classes in Classical Chinese
Title | Word Classes in Classical Chinese PDF eBook |
Author | Fa-Kao Chou |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1965* |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Word-Class Flexibility in Classical Chinese
Title | Word-Class Flexibility in Classical Chinese PDF eBook |
Author | Lukas Zadrapa |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2011-06-09 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9004206310 |
This book seeks to interpret the notorious word-class flexibility in Classical Chinese in a new way, based on a multi-disciplinary perspective and the theoretical background of cognitive linguistics. It focuses on the case of verbal and adverbial functions of nouns.
Classical Chinese Word-classes
Title | Classical Chinese Word-classes PDF eBook |
Author | John S. Cikoski |
Publisher | |
Pages | 199 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Flexibility in the Parts-of-Speech System of Classical Chinese
Title | Flexibility in the Parts-of-Speech System of Classical Chinese PDF eBook |
Author | Linlin Sun |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 299 |
Release | 2020-02-10 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3110660792 |
Based on empirical data from five classical texts, this study investigates flexibility of parts of speech in Classical Chinese. The findings suggest that flexibility in a parts-of-speech system can only be fully understood by integrating a wide range of aspects. The components needed to account for it include constructions, semantics, metonymies, metaphors, pragmatic implicatures – and world knowledge as reflected within a given culture.