The Chinese particle le : discourse construction and pragmatic marking in Chinese

Marinus van den Berg; Guo Wu

doi:10.4324/9780203967898

The Chinese particle le : discourse construction and pragmatic marking in Chinese

Marinus van den Berg, Guo Wu

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Ever since the start of Chinese linguistic studies, the description of the Chinese particle LE has remained elusive. The classification has evolved from a listing of sentences and the discussion of contrastive pairs to a more context and discourse-oriented analysis. The development in recent years of inferential models and situation semantics has opened the way for a renewed study of the use of the Chinese particle LE. This book discusses the Chinese data from a 'mental space' perspective and finally reveals the role so-called Chinese 'sentence LE' plays in the construction and maintenance of discourse.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Number of pages	272
ISBN (Print)	700714618
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203967898
Publication status	Published - 22 May 2006

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