The basis of this work is a collection of Mandarin Chinese dialogues recorded on tape and transcribed so as to constitute a spoken corpus of 5,000 sentences.
Using examples from this corpus, the author discusses several issues in the analysis of spoken Mandarin.
The work demonstrates the viability of a data-oriented approach to syntax and semantics. In this approach, both the way people talk and what they talk about are relevant for the linguistic description.
The procedures and terms used in the analyses are introduced step by step, without assuming more than an everyday familiarity with linguistic terminology.
Publication (paperback & PDF)
Chapters
Addenda et corrigenda
Books by the same author
Jeroen Wiedenhof, Meaning and syntax in spoken Mandarin
Leiden: CNWS Publications No. 29, 2015
– Out of stock | Some paperback copies available from the author
xiv + 118 pp.
Paperback – ISBN 90 7378 2341 | EUR 16.00
E-book: PDF edition (2018)
1. The study of form and meaning
2. Junction with de
3. Nexus with de
4. Aspect with de
5. Ten examples of negation with bú
6. Verbal valences
7. The pivotal construction
Appendix
References
Index
中文概要 / Summary in Chinese
Page, line | Original text | Addendum / corrigendum |
xi, -18 |
11 February 1956 |
11 February 1958 |
xi, -4 |
February 1955 - May 1964 |
February 1956 - May 1964 |
xii, -15 |
(omission) |
ɣ voiced velar fricative consonant |
10, 6 |
Again, it could again be |
Again, it could be |
20, -11 |
the semantic analyses |
the syntactic analyses |
40, -8 |
conceiving abstractions |
conceiving the abstraction |
43, 16 |
interpreted as 'who speaks' or, less frequently, as 'what is said' |
interpreted as 'what is said' or, less frequently, as 'who speaks' |
84, -5 |
'They don't sell it.' |
'They don't sell them.' |
88, 8 |
of its being |
of bāngmáng 'help' being |
94, 3 |
[...] table 'We had him make a table' |
[...] table 'we had him make a table' |
95, -18 |
To recapitulate: |
First, let me recapitulate the relevant issues: |
98, -8 |
yáng píng tone |
yángpíng tone |
100, 5 |
has been in to demonstrate |
has been to demonstrate |
110, 8 |
(omission) |
Dawkins (1989) Richard Dawkins, The selfish gene. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976. New edition, 1989. |
110, -15 |
361-371 |
361-372 |
A Grammar of Mandarin
2015
Grammatica van het Mandarijn
2004, 20062, 20123, (herzien), 20154 (herzien), 20195
De uitspraak van het Mandarijn in 101 oefeningen
2006, 20092, 20153 (herzien), 20194
De grote taalatlas
1998, 19982, 19993 (herzien)
Meaning and syntax in spoken Mandarin
1995, 2018 (online PDF)
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