Contribution to Book
Semantic Reanalysis in Grammaticalization in Chinese
Increased Empiricism: Recent advances in Chinese Linguistics
(2013)
Abstract
Increased Empiricism: Recent advances in Chinese Linguistics showcases recent trends in the co-development of theory and empiricism in Chinese linguistics. The volume tackles a wide range of theoretical and empirical problems in multiple subfields including sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, lexical semantics, pragmatics, phonetics and phonology, corpus linguistics, and Chinese second language acquisition. The contributions do not fall neatly into two sections traditionally labeled “theoretical” and “empirical”. Rather, theoretical discussions are buttressed by empirical evidence, and empirical analyses lead to theoretical generalizations. Furthermore, the volume transcends the functional-formal division, showing that empiricism not only empowers functional-typological and sociolinguistic research, but can also have a place in formally oriented linguistic analysis.
Keywords
- Chinese linguistics,
- Chinese second language acquisition
Disciplines
Publication Date
2013
Editor
Zhuo Jing-Schmidt
Series
Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse
Publisher Statement
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Citation Information
Janet Zhiqun Xing. "Semantic Reanalysis in Grammaticalization in Chinese" Increased Empiricism: Recent advances in Chinese Linguistics (2013) p. 223 - 246 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/janet-xing/17/