Hua Gao
List of John Benjamins publications in which Hua Gao is involved.
Journal
2026 方式副词向语气副词的演变 [The evolution of manner adverbs into modal adverbs]: ——基于新媒体话语中“直接”和“反手”虚化现象的研究 [A study based on the grammaticalization of “Zhijie” and “Fanshou” in the context of new media] Chinese Language and Discourse: Online-First Articles | Article
本文以“直接”和“反手”二词为例,探讨了网络环境中副词由表方式向表语气演变的现象。在自媒体和社交媒体话语中,方式副词如“直接”和“反手”经常用于超常性事件的因果链叙事,凸显言者对前后事件关系的主观认识继而表达言者态度和立场。我们认为这类副词虚化的直接机制是主观化——主观认识中事件和方式的超常性成为说话人传递情态立场的落点,同时伴随交互主观化——不仅表达说话人态度,还隐含对受众反应的预期。本文也在微观层面勾画了数字时代算法推动语言用于强化、共建情感和立场从而导致语言形式的功能演变。
read more2021 Devices of alignment: Suoyi - and danshi -prefaced questions in Mandarin Chinese TV news interviews Questioning and Answering Practices across Contexts and Cultures, Ilie, Cornelia (ed.), pp. 227–254 | Chapter
The Mandarin resultative connective suoyi ‘so’ and adversative connective dan(shi) ‘but’ are found to preface interviewer (IR) questions regularly in Chinese TV news interviews. This study draws on a conversational analysis (CA)-oriented micro-analytical approach and examines the form, placement… read more
2019 Devices of alignment: Suoyi- and Danshi-prefaced questions in Mandarin Chinese TV news interviews Chinese Language and Discourse 10:1, pp. 36–60 | Article
This study draws on a conversational analysis (CA)-oriented micro-analytical approach and examines the form, placement and function of interviewer (IR) questions prefaced by turn-initial 所以 suoyi ‘so’ and 但(是) dan(shi) ‘but’ in Chinese TV news interviews. It is found that IRs often employ the… read more



