Chinfa Lien

List of John Benjamins publications in which Chinfa Lien is involved.

Journals

Asian Languages and Linguistics

Edited by Danqing Liu, Ailan Fu and Gong Cheng

ISSN 2665-9336 | E‑ISSN 2665‑9344

International Journal of Chinese Linguistics

Edited by Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai, Ning Yu and Hongming Zhang

ISSN 2213-8706 | E‑ISSN 2213‑8714

Language and Linguistics

語言暨語言學

Edited by Rui-wen Wu

ISSN 1606-822X | E‑ISSN 2309‑5067

Articles (5) | Order by:

Lien, Chinfa 2022 Formation and constraints of scalar structure in Taiwanese Southern Min Language and Linguistics 23:4, pp. 710–742 | Article

The paper explores the formation and constraint of an aspect of scalar structure in Taiwanese Southern Min (TSM). The scale structure as we understand it is realized as a relation between the degree adverb and the gradable predicates it selects. The gradable predicate that the degree adverb… read more

Lien, Chinfa 2022 Interpreting the eventive copula 做 tso³ in Taiwanese Southern Min International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 9:2, pp. 155–174 | Article

This paper proposes an eventive copula 做 tso3 in contrast with the stative copula 是 si7 in Taiwanese Southern Min. The eventive copula 做 tso3 can be established on syntactic grounds. It can occur in copular small clauses on purposive phrases… read more

Lien, Chinfa 2020 Aspectual particles and event types in TSM International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 7:2, pp. 270–296 | Article

The paper investigates the syntactic behavior and semantic constraints of four types of aspectual particles (1) 夭 iau2 / 夭故 iau2koh4 ‘still’, (2) 已經 i2king1 ‘already’, (3) 夭未 iau2be7 ‘not…yet’, and (4) 毋 m7 /無 bo5 /勿 mai3 /免 bien2 故 koh4 ‘not…any more’ in Taiwanese… read more

Lien, Chinfa 2017 The emergence of e⁵ khuan² 个款 as a sensory evidential marker in TSM International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 4:2, pp. 173–190 | Article

This paper takes the string e5 khuan2 个款 (EK for short) as an ambiguous case to show the emergence of a grammatical function out of a lexical category. It examines the ambiguity of EK in conjunction with the analysis of its syntactic structure. It explores the collocates of EK including a range… read more

Lien, Chinfa 2015 Formation of the experiential aspect marker Pat4 識: Contact-induced grammatical change in Southern Min International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 2:2, pp. 273–299 | Article

This paper first examines the distribution of tseng4 曾as an experiential aspect marker, and then the distribution of pat4 識 both as a cognition verb and as an experiential aspect in five earlier Southern Min texts. (Wu 2001abcd and Quanzhou 2010) Almost three quarters of all instances of tseng5 曾… read more