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Topic: Emergent Grammar in Conversational Discourse of Beijing Mandarin by Fang Mei
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 Posted - 30/03/2004 : 11:27:19
Fang Mei
Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics
Seminar
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Fang Mei 方梅
Research Fellow
Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Emergent Grammar in Conversational Discourse of Beijing Mandarin
北京話對話篇章的動態語法
Time: 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Date: 2nd April 2004 (Friday)
Venue: B7603 (CTL Multi-purpose Room), City University of Hong Kong
Abstract
1. The Notion of Emergent Grammar
2. General Features of Contemporary Beijing Mandarin
3. Case Studies
According to recent studies on grammaticalization, discourse pragmatics provides much of the substance of syntax. It is found that even a grammatical category is derived from its usage in discourse with some pragmatic motivations.
In this presentation, these cases will be discussed:
shuo : speech verb > subordinator
zhe/yi : demonstrative > definite article/indefinite article
ta : pronoun > complementizer
Some features of contemporary Beijing Mandarin will be noted.
Language of Presentation: Putonghua 普通話
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