Shu-ing Shyu
List of John Benjamins publications in which Shu-ing Shyu is involved.
Articles
2022 Non-veridical kaN in Taiwanese Southern Min New Explorations in Chinese Theoretical Syntax: Studies in honor of Yen-Hui Audrey Li, Simpson, Andrew (ed.), pp. 479–508 | Chapter
In the study of kaN (敢gan3 in Mandarin Chinese written form) in Taiwanese Southern Min, previous studies have largely focused on the interrogative kám sentences. This paper, however, shows a comprehensive picture when taking into consideration of the allomorph kánn in declarative sentences, and… read more
2020 Mandarin Chinese buguo (‘but’) as a metacoherence marker in TV/radio interview talks Language and Linguistics 21:1, pp. 104–144 | Article
This study examines the uses of Mandarin Chinese buguo ‘but’ as a contrastive discourse marker (CM) in spoken discourse. The data were taken from casual conversations, TV/radio single-interviewee interviews and TV panel news interviews. We found that two main types of the CM buguo were used to… read more
2018 The scope of even : Evidence from Mandarin Chinese Language and Linguistics 19:1, pp. 156–195 | Article
One of the issues in the study of even is concerned with the ambiguous scope interpretations contributed by the focus adverb even. There have been two main camps: the lexical approach and the scope approach. Unlike English, which does not have distinct lexical items for even, Mandarin Chinese… read more