The functions, pragmatics, and cognitive studies of modern Chinese grammar

Author: Shen Jiaren
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Functional, pragmatic, and cognitive research on modern Chinese grammar. Since 1999, this has been a key research project of the Institute of Linguistics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The articles collected here are selected from the works published by the members since 1999, covering the following aspects: sentence patterns, verb classes, and metonymy and metaphor in typical category grammar; subjectivity in language; dynamic emergent grammar; linguistic typology; word meaning and dictionary definitions.