Pivotal Constructions in Chinese: Diachronic, synchronic, and constructional perspectives
Author:   Rui Peng (National University of Singapore)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   8
ISBN:  

9789027201881


Pages:   243
Publication Date:   21 March 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Pivotal Constructions in Chinese: Diachronic, synchronic, and constructional perspectives


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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.

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Author:   Rui Peng (National University of Singapore)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   8
Weight:   0.615kg
ISBN:  

9789027201881


ISBN 10:   9027201889
Pages:   243
Publication Date:   21 March 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. List of tables, figures, and charts; 2. Abbreviations; 3. Acknowledgements; 4. Introduction; 5. The constructional approaches to language change; 6. Chinese pivotal constructions; 7. The taxonomy and constuctional hierarchy of Chinese pivotal constructions; 8. The diachronic developments of Chinese pivotal constructions; 9. The accumulative expansion of the constructional hierarchy; 10. The relaxation of the original restrictive conditions; 11. Conclusion; 12. References; 13. Appendixes; 14. Indexes

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