Full Description
The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics is the first comprehensive introduction to Chinese linguistics from the perspective of modern theoretical and formal linguistics. Containing twenty-five chapters, the book offers a balanced, accessible and thoughtfully organized introduction to some of the most important results of research into Chinese linguistics carried out by theoretical linguists during the last thirty years. Presenting critical overviews of a wide range of major topics, it is the first to meet the great demand for an overview volume on core areas of Chinese linguistics.
Authoritative contributions describe and assess the major achievements and controversies of research undertaken in each area, and provide bibliographies for further reading. The contributors refer both to their own work in relevant fields, and objectively present a range of competitor theories and analyses, resulting in a volume that is fully comprehensive in its coverage of theoretical research into Chinese linguistics in recent years.
This unique Handbook is suitable both as a primary reader for structured, taught courses on Chinese linguistics at university level, and for individual study by graduates and other professional linguists.
Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Notes on Contributors x
Foreword xiv
Part I Syntax, Semantics, and Morphology 1
1 Morphology 3
Wei-Wen Roger Liao
2 Classifiers 26
Francesca del Gobbo
3 Adverbial Adjuncts in Mandarin Chinese 49
Thomas Ernst
4 Light Verbs 73
T.-H. Jonah Lin
5 Topic and Focus 100
Shu-Ing Shyu
6 Aspect 126
Hooi Ling Soh
7 Sentence-Final Particles 156
Andrew Simpson
8 Wh-Expressions in Mandarin Chinese 180
Jo-Wang Lin
9 Quantification and Scope 208
Yen-Hui Audrey li
10 The Syntactic Structure of Noun Phrases 248
Lisa L.-S. Cheng and Rint Sybesma
11 Ellipsis 275
Yen-Hui Audrey Li and Ting-Chi Wei
12 Causal VVs in Mandarin 311
Alexander Williams
13 Comparatives 342
Chen-Sheng Luther Liu
Part II Phonetics, Phonology, and Prosody 367
14 Chinese Phonetics 369
Wai-Sum Lee and Eric Zee
15 Segmental Phonology 400
Yen-Hwei Lin
16 Syllable Structure and Stress 422
San Duanmu
17 Tones, Tonal Phonology, and Tone Sandhi 443
Jie Zhang
18 Prosody and Syntax 465
Andrew Simpson
Part III Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics 493
19 Bilingual and Multilingual Acquisition of Chinese 495
Stephen Matthews and Virginia Yip
20 Neurocognitive Approaches to the Processing of Chinese 511
Ping Li, Hua Shu, and Youyi Liu
Part IV Historical Linguistics 535
21 Historical Syntax of Chinese 537
Shengli Feng
22 Historical Phonology of Chinese 576
Zev Handel
Part V Morpho-Syntax of Other Non-Mandarin Varieties of Chinese 599
23 Aspects of Cantonese Grammar 601
Sze-Wing Tang and Siu-Pong Cheng
24 Taiwanese Hokkien/Southern Min 629
Miao-Ling Hsieh
Index 657
