Liang Tao
List of John Benjamins publications in which Liang Tao is involved.
2020 Usage, media, and grammaticalization: The rhetorical question ‘bu35shi51…ma’ in Mandarin Chinese Chinese Language and Discourse 11:1, pp. 55–83 | Article
This report presents a case study on a current grammatical change in a rhetorical question 不是…吗 (isn’t it the case…?) and its spreading from spoken Beijing Mandarin to Mandarin Chinese in general. The study addresses three interrelated issues that concern the development and spreading of this… read more
2019 Chapter 3. Usage based language change and exemplar representations in Beijing Mandarin Chinese Current Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse: Global context and diverse perspectives, Xiao, Yun and Linda Tsung (eds.), pp. 27–56 | Chapter
This study offers support to usage-based studies to promote the importance of everyday language use in language development and grammaticalization. Specifically, the study presents a new construction in Beijing Mandarin Chinese that currently co-occurs with its original form, both in spoken… read more
2016 Metalinguistic awareness and self-repair in Chinese language learning Integrating Chinese Linguistic Research and Language Teaching and Learning, Tao, Hongyin (ed.), pp. 97–120 | Article
The importance of metalinguistic knowledge in foreign language learning is exemplified by beginning Chinese learners’ practice of self-initiated self-repairs. It demonstrates how such knowledge helps learners to enhance accurate L2 production. Repair constitutes an important part of the social… read more
2005 The importance of discourse analysis for linguistic theory: A Mandarin Chinese Illustration Linguistic Diversity and Language Theories, Frajzyngier, Zygmunt, Adam Hodges and David S. Rood (eds.), pp. 285–317 | Article
2002 Phono-syntactic conspiracy and beyond: Grammaticalization in spoken Beijing Mandarin New Reflections on Grammaticalization, Wischer, Ilse and Gabriele Diewald (eds.), pp. 277–292 | Article
1996 Topic Discontinuity and Zero Anaphora in Chinese Discourse: Cognitive Strategies in Discourse Processing Studies in Anaphora, Fox, Barbara A. (ed.), pp. 487–514 | Article