Multidimensional Research on Modern Chinese Grammar

Author: Liu Shun
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book is guided by the theory of three planes of grammar, drawing on theories such as cognitive linguistics, role and reference grammar, valence grammar, and grammaticalization. It adheres to the principle of combining theory with facts, form with meaning, dynamics with statics, structure with function, and description with explanation, to explore and study some grammatical theories and phenomena. In terms of grammatical theory, it primarily investigates the objects and tasks of grammatical research, as well as the relationships between grammar and phonology, vocabulary, context, and register. In syntactic-semantic aspects, it studies the spatiality, gradability, and temporality of nouns, and analyzes issues such as monovalent nouns, nominalization of zero-form verbs, temporary borrowing of nouns as measure words, self-sufficiency of nominal predicate sentences, and "dui" phrases. In pragmatic aspects, it examines the focus, missing elements and displacement of sentence components, and the distinction between definite and indefinite reference in modern Chinese. The book combines theoretical reflection with empirical analysis, making significant innovations while building upon previous research. This book is guided by the theory of three planes of grammar, drawing on theories such as cognitive linguistics, role and reference grammar, valence grammar, and grammaticalization. It adheres to the principle of combining theory with facts, form with meaning, dynamics with statics, structure with function, and description with explanation, to explore and study some grammatical theories and phenomena. In terms of grammatical theory, it primarily investigates the objects and tasks of grammatical research, as well as the relationships between grammar and phonology, vocabulary, context, and register. In syntactic-semantic aspects, it studies the spatiality, gradability, and temporality of nouns, and analyzes issues such as monovalent nouns, nominalization of zero-form verbs, temporary borrowing of nouns as measure words, self-sufficiency of nominal predicate sentences, and "dui" phrases. In pragmatic aspects, it examines the focus, missing elements and displacement of sentence components, and the distinction between definite and indefinite reference in modern Chinese. The book combines theoretical reflection with empirical analysis, making significant innovations while building upon previous research.