Research on List Selection Questions in Modern Chinese

Author: Ding Li
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book is part of the "Central China Linguistics Library" led by the renowned linguist Xing Fawen. The entire book explores the surface form of Chinese item selection questions from four aspects: "syntactic patterns," "alternative expansion," "alternative position," and "intonation features." In the section on "semantic content," it discusses the intrinsic connections between item selection questions, yes/no questions, and specific questions. Finally, it summarizes the "pragmatic value" of item selection questions based on the analysis of their four types.