{"product_id":"the-interfaces-of-chinese-syntax-yicheng-wu-9781138241329","title":"The Interfaces of Chinese Syntax with Semantics and Pragmatics","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yicheng Wu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138241326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138241329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Yicheng Wu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065358004479,"sku":"9781138241329","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94617e16-77ab-43f1-93ef-d0bfe1218fb4.jpg?v=1768674668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-interfaces-of-chinese-syntax-yicheng-wu-9781138241329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}