Enriched Composition and Inference in the Argument Structure of Chinese

Informationen zum Autor Ren Zhang is a visiting professor in linguistics at the School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University. He received his Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2002 from York University. Klappentext Drawing insights from conceptual semantics, cognitive semantics, generative lexicon, construction grammar and formal syntax, this book is the first attempt at a comparative account of lexical semantic issues in Mandarin Chinese. Zusammenfassung Drawing insights from conceptual semantics, cognitive semantics, generative lexicon, construction grammar and formal syntax, this book is the first attempt at a comparative account of lexical semantic issues in Mandarin Chinese. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Introduction: Variation in Argument Expression Chapter 2: Constructions, Conceptual Structures and Compositionality Chapter 3: The Eat Restaurant Construction: Licensing Unselected Complements Chapter 4: Conceptual Inference and Predicate Transfer Chapter 5: Concluding Remarks References Index

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Ren Zhang is a visiting professor in linguistics at the School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University. He received his Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2002 from York University.

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Drawing insights from conceptual semantics, cognitive semantics, generative lexicon, construction grammar and formal syntax, this book is the first attempt at a comparative account of lexical semantic issues in Mandarin Chinese.

Contenu

Chapter 1: Introduction: Variation in Argument Expression Chapter 2: Constructions, Conceptual Structures and Compositionality Chapter 3: The Eat Restaurant Construction: Licensing Unselected Complements Chapter 4: Conceptual Inference and Predicate Transfer Chapter 5: Concluding Remarks References Index