Feng-hsi Liu
List of John Benjamins publications in which Feng-hsi Liu is involved.
Journal
ISSN 2213-8706 | E‑ISSN 2213‑8714
Title
Scope and Specificity
Feng-hsi Liu
Scope and Specificity is an investigation of quantifier scope interaction in natural language, with special reference to English and Chinese. In particular, it is concerned with semantic properties of NPs. Quantifier scope plays an important role in current theories of syntax and semantics.… read more[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 16] 1997. viii, 187 pp.
2021 Indefinite subjects in Mandarin Chinese Chinese Language and Discourse 12:2, pp. 181–214 | Article
Indefinite subjects in Mandarin Chinese are dis-preferred or restricted according to previous studies although they do exist in natural data. In this study we examine two issues: when they are used and why they are used. The first issue is best answered by looking at the information status of… read more
2016 Acquisition of time and locative phrases in Mandarin Chinese: A case of input saliency Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) 51:1, pp. 1–28 | Article
In this study we explore the role played by input saliency in L2 acquisition of the time phrase and the locative phrase in Mandarin Chinese. In Chinese the time phrase that indicates when an event takes place and the locative phrase that indicates where an event takes place are similar in that… read more
2011 The bei passive and its discourse motivations Chinese Language and Discourse 2:2, pp. 198–231 | Article
This study examines the variation between the active and the bei passive in Mandarin Chinese from a probabilistic perspective. The variables considered include discourse continuity factors and adversity. Two different models were built for the active-agentless passive variation and the… read more
2007 Auxiliary selection in Chinese Split Auxiliary Systems: A cross-linguistic perspective, Aranovich, Raúl (ed.), pp. 181–205 | Article
2007 Word order variation and ba sentences in Chinese Studies in Language 31:3, pp. 649–682 | Article
Despite extensive research on ba sentences in Chinese, the issue of when ba sentences are used in discourse has received little attention. This study examines the word order variation involving ba sentences by comparing three word orders: the canonical postverbal form, the ba form, and the… read more
1999 Structure-preservation and Transitivity: The case of Chinese ba sentences Functionalism and Formalism in Linguistics: Volume II: Case studies, Darnell, Michael, Edith A. Moravcsik, Michael Noonan, Frederick J. Newmeyer and Kathleen Wheatley (eds.), pp. 175–202 | Article