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OverviewIn the two volumes of Prosodic Syntax in Chinese, the author develops a new model, which proposes that the interaction between syntax and prosody is bi-directional and that prosody can not only constrains syntactic structures but also activates syntactic operations. All of the facts investigated in Chinese provide new perspectives for linguistic theories as well as the insights into the nature of human languages. The subtitles of the two volumes are Theory and Facts and History and Change respectively, with each focusing on different topics (though each volume has both theoretical and historical descriptive concerns). In this volume, the author first introduces the relevant theories and concepts of Metrical Phonology, Prosodic Phonology and Formal Syntax, and formulates the Government-based Nuclear Stress Rule in Chinese which can explain how and why Mandarin Chinese sentences are structured in a particular way. It is proposed that prosody can not only blocks the legitimate syntactic structures but also activates the potential syntactic operations. The former can be seen from the ungrammatical sentences that are caused by the inoperable NSR in these structures while the latter can be seen from sentences that are derived from syntactic movements which, however, are operable only when being motivated by prosody. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Feng Shengli , Zhuang Huibing , Ma BaopengPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9781138578920ISBN 10: 1138578924 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 29 May 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of tables List of abbreviations Preface Chapter 1 Word Order Change and Stress Shift Chapter 2 Prosodic Structure and the Origin of bei Constructions Chapter 3 Prosodic Structure and the Birth of ba Constructions Chapter 4 Prosodically Constrained Localizers in Classical and Modern Chinese Postscript to the Chinese Edition Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationFeng Shengli is Professor of Chinese Linguistics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include prosodic syntax, poetic prosody, historical syntax and exegesis. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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