Overview
- Clarifies the distinctions between middle voice and the middle construction
- It is the first book to apply a parametric approach to the study of Chinese middle constructions
- Has typological significance by placing Chinese language into lexical middle category
- Enriches the study of middle constructions in Mandarin Chinese by using dialectal data
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics (FiCL, volume 2)
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Book Title: Chinese Middle Constructions
Book Subtitle: Lexical Middle Formation
Authors: Jiajuan Xiong
Series Title: Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6187-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Peking University Press and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6186-8Published: 24 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4821-1Published: 04 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6187-5Published: 14 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2522-5308
Series E-ISSN: 2522-5316
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 290
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations