Shan Zuo
List of John Benjamins publications in which Shan Zuo is involved.
Articles
2025 The semantic continuum from disposition to causative meaning: Diachronic changes of the Chinese NP 1 + bǎ +NP 2 +VP construction Functions of Language 32:2, pp. 163–199 | Article
This paper contributes to the study of actualization through a case study on the development of the Chinese NP1+bǎ+NP2+VP construction. Actualization is the process following syntactic reanalysis in which new linguistic structures diffuse and extend their usage. Data are sourced from The Centre… read more
2025 Review of Traugott (2022): Ten Lectures on a Diachronic Constructionalist Approach to Discourse Structuring Markers Language and Linguistics 26:1, pp. 190–197 | Review
The Ten Lectures on a Diachronic Constructionalist Approach to Discourse Structuring Markers represents a pioneering work in bridging historical linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and pragmatics. This review first provides a background of the book, then outlines of contents of each lecture,… read more