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The Segmentation and Representation of Translocative Motion Events in English and Chinese Discourse

A Contrastive Study

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Authors:
  1. Guofeng Zheng

    1. East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

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  • Is the first book contrasting the segmentation and representation of motion events in English and Chinese

  • Serves as the first book adopting the theory of the macro-event property to analyze Chinese motion events

  • Offers sound, corpus-based analyses of the differences and similarities between English and Chinese motion events

  • Provides cross-linguistic evidence to support the typological classification of English and Chinese in terms of motion event representation

  • Puts forward suggestions for further improving the theory of the macro-event property

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Guofeng Zheng
    Pages 1-12

  3. MEP Principles and the Segmentation and Representation of TMEs

    • Guofeng Zheng
    Pages 13-55

  4. Research Design and Data Tagging

    • Guofeng Zheng
    Pages 57-78

  5. General Statistical Description of English and Chinese TME Constructions

    • Guofeng Zheng
    Pages 79-104

  6. Contrasting the Representation of TMEs in English and Chinese

    • Guofeng Zheng
    Pages 105-167

  7. Conclusion

    • Guofeng Zheng
    Pages 169-174

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 175-190
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About this book

This book provides a systematic, contrastive analysis of the segmentation and representation of English and Chinese Translocative Motion Events (TMEs), which possess Macro-Event Property (MEP). It addresses all the issues critical to understanding TMEs in English and Chinese, from event segmentation, MEP principles and the conceptual structure of TMEs and their constituents, to the representation of Actant, Motion, Path and Ground. The book argues that the corpus-based alignment for the TME segmentation in both languages, the parameters of Actant, Motion, Path and Ground and their relevant statistical description are particularly important for understanding English and Chinese TMEs. The linguistic materialization of Actant, Ground, Path and Motion, together with a wealth of tables and figures, offers convincing evidence to support the typological classification of English and Chinese. The book’s suggestions regarding the Talmyan bipartite typology and Bohnemeyer’s MEP contribute to the advancement of TME studies and language typology, and help learners to understand motion events and English-Chinese typological similarities and differences.

Authors and Affiliations

  • East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

    Guofeng Zheng

About the author

Guofeng Zheng is an Associate Professor at East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST). He received his Ph.D. degree in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from Shanghai International Studies University in 2011. He is a member of China Association for Comparative Studies of English and Chinese, Assistant Dean of the School of Foreign Languages at ECUST and Director of ECUST’s Master of Translation and Interpretation Program.
 
His research over the past 20 years has been devoted to the area of English and Chinese contrastive analysis, and he has published nearly 20 research articles and reviews in journals both within China and abroad. Over the past 10 ten years, he has narrowed his research focus to English and Chinese motion events, establishing himself as one of the most productive researchers in this field. Over the years, he has won many prestigious teaching awards and research funds, e.g. a Nomination for Best Supervisor Team ECUST, 1st Prize for Excellent Teaching and Education ECUST, Model Teacher ECUST, National Social Science Foundation (17XJY003) and Shanghai Education Commission Award.   


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Segmentation and Representation of Translocative Motion Events in English and Chinese Discourse

  • Book Subtitle: A Contrastive Study

  • Authors: Guofeng Zheng

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4037-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4036-7Published: 02 December 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4039-8Published: 03 December 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-4037-4Published: 01 December 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 190

  • Number of Illustrations: 108 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Linguistics, general, Comparative Linguistics, Research Methods in Language and Linguistics

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