{"product_id":"the-interfaces-of-chinese-syntax-with-semantics-and-pragmatics-9781138241329","title":"The Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Yicheng Wu\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\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\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\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":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45238047604887,"sku":"9781138241329","price":17766.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138241329.webp?v=1769218449","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-interfaces-of-chinese-syntax-with-semantics-and-pragmatics-9781138241329","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}