{"product_id":"the-interfaces-of-chinese-syntax-with-semantics-and-pragmatics-9780367596576","title":"The Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Yicheng Wu\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Chinese\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics provides an in-depth exploration of a variety of interface phenomena in Chinese, a non-inflectional language, where to a large extent word order constrains its interpretation and defines its grammatical functions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder the Dynamic Syntax approach, which takes the incremental left-to-right processing of linguistic forms to be a fundamental part of characterizing the relation between syntactic structure and semantic interpretation, a straightforward explanation is provided. The study features detailed analysis of a range of key grammatical constructions such as topic, passive, copular and cleft, where previous analyses were sought in pure syntactic, semantic or pragmatic terms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear and straightforward throughout, \u003ci\u003eThe Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics \u003c\/i\u003ewill be of interest to graduate students and scholars of Chinese, linguistics and cognitive science. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46929252352151,"sku":"9780367596576","price":3902.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780367596576.webp?v=1771598658","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-interfaces-of-chinese-syntax-with-semantics-and-pragmatics-9780367596576","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}