Jiansheng Guo
List of John Benjamins publications in which Jiansheng Guo is involved.
2010 From language structures to language use: A case from Mandarin motion expression classification Chinese Language and Discourse 1:1, pp. 31–65 | Article
The place of Mandarin Chinese in Talmy’s two-way typology of motion expressions has been a focus of debate. Based primarily on linguistic intuition, some researchers consider Mandarin a Satellite-framed language, and some others consider it a Verb-framed language. This paper reports results from… read more
2007 Multiple selves and thematic domains in gender identity: Perspectives from Chinese children's conflict management styles Selves and Identities in Narrative and Discourse, Bamberg, Michael, Anna De Fina and Deborah Schiffrin (eds.), pp. 181–227 | Article
2002 When do Chinese girls order boys around? Culture and context in gender differences in communicative strategies by 5-year-old Mandarin-speaking children Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 12:2, pp. 185–216 | Article
The study examines gender differences in communicative strategies of Mandarin-speaking children in Beijing, China. Five-year-olds naturalistic discourse shows that both girls and boys can be bossy and demanding on the one hand, and submissive and tolerant for impositions and chastisement on the… read more
1996 Shifting face from Asia to Europe Essays in Semantics and Pragmatics: In honor of Charles J. Fillmore, Shibatani, Masayoshi and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.), pp. 43–72 | Article
1995 The Interactional Basis of the Mandarin Modal néng ‘can’ Modality in Grammar and Discourse, Bybee, Joan L. and Suzanne Fleischman (eds.), pp. 205–238 | Article