Flexibility in the Parts-of-Speech System of Classical Chinese
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2020]
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| Series: | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ;
334 |
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XVI, 283 p.). |
| ISBN: | 9783110660791 3110660792 3110660873 9783110638431 3110638436 9783110660876 |