Overview
- Explicitly analyses a variety of linguistic phenomena in Mandarin
- Includes a combination of theoretical innovations and empirical coverage
- Explores the role of alternatives in natural language grammar
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics (FiCL, volume 3)
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About the author
Dr. Mingming Liu received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 2016 and currently works as an assistant professor at the School of Foreign Languages, Hunan University, China. His work has addressed several aspects of Mandarin grammar: focus particles such as the famous dou “each, all, even, already” and other only-like exclusives, wh-expressions and wh-conditionals, Mandarin conditionals in general and resultative verb compounds. He has published articles in several peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Varieties of Alternatives
Book Subtitle: Focus Particles and wh-Expressions in Mandarin
Authors: Mingming Liu
Series Title: Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6208-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Peking University Press and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6207-0Published: 26 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4826-6Published: 23 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6208-7Published: 17 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2522-5308
Series E-ISSN: 2522-5316
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 174
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations