Long, Hai-Ping, Heine, Bernd, Ruan, Gui-Jun and Wu, Meng-Yue (2018). The grammaticalizational relation between two Modern Chinese wo xiang 'I think' constructions. Lang. Sci., 66. S. 212 - 226. OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD. ISSN 1873-5746

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Abstract

The main concern of this paper is with two constructions that are based on the Modern Chinese phrase wo xiang 'I think'. They are prosodically-dependent wo xiang that takes a question, an imperative, an exclamation or a conjectural clause (referred to as W1) and prosodically-independent wo xiang that takes a question, an imperative, an exclamation or a conjectural clause (referred to as W2). By contrasting phonetic and morphosyntactic properties of the two constructions, the paper takes issue with the widely accepted hypothesis (which assumes a W1 > W2 derivation) and argues that W1 is derived from W2, and that this derivational relationship can best be accounted for by using grammaticalization as a tool of reconstruction. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Long, Hai-PingUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Heine, BerndUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ruan, Gui-JunUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wu, Meng-YueUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-194185
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2017.10.003
Journal or Publication Title: Lang. Sci.
Volume: 66
Page Range: S. 212 - 226
Date: 2018
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Place of Publication: OXFORD
ISSN: 1873-5746
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
PRAGMATICALIZATION; MARKERSMultiple languages
Linguistics; Language & LinguisticsMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/19418

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