Peking University

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with Peking University*

Qi, Liu & Hongyin Tao 2025 Review of 《汉语句法的语用属性》 by Bojiang Zhang [张伯江] (2022)

Chinese Language and Discourse 16:2 pp. 373–377 | book review

Higashi, Takahiro & Yunjia Wang 2025 普通話上聲變調形式的逆向協同發音作用 [Regressive tonal coarticulation of Tone3 sandhi to the preceding tones in Mandarin]

Keywords: 普通話 | 上聲 | 連讀變調 | 聲調協同發音 | Mandarin Chinese | Tone 3 | Tone sandhi | Tonal coarticulation

Language and Linguistics | Online First Publication, 24 pp. | article | open access

Hu, Xuhui & J. Joseph Perry 2024 Multifunctionality and contextual realization: A case study in Yixing Chinese

Keywords: Yixing Chinese | Minimalist Syntax | Distributed Morphology | contextual allomorphy | contextual allosemy | adjectives

Linguistic Variation 25:1 pp. 1–42 | article

Shao, Mingyuan & Xuna Lin 2024 甘青語言區域漢語副動詞附綴「是」: 語義、句法和來源 [Sinitic converbal clitics shi in the Gan-Qing linguistic area]

Keywords: 甘青語言區域 | 甘青漢語方言 | 副動詞 | 限定性 | 語言接觸 | Gan-Qing Linguistic area | Gan-Qing Chinese | converbs | finiteness | language contact

Language and Linguistics 25:3 pp. 497–534 | article | open access

Fan, Xiaolei 2024 西北漢語助詞「著」的比較研究: 論語言接觸性演變的一種新模式 [The suffix -zhe in northwestern Chinese]

Keywords: 助詞「著」 | 西北漢語 | 非完整體 | 連鎖結構 | 語言接觸 | 妥協性創新 | -zhe | Northwestern Chinese | imperfective | verb-chaining construction | language contact

Language and Linguistics | Online First Publication, 39 pp. | article | open access

Shao, Mingyuan & Xuna Lin 2023 Converbs of Sinitic varieties in Qīnghǎi‑Gānsù linguistic area

Keywords: converbs | Qīng-Gān linguistic area | Sinitic languages | morphosyntactic

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 38:1 pp. 14–40 | article

Li, Fang & Androula Yiakoumetti 2023 Teachers’ codeswitching in L2 Chinese classes: Awareness, intentions, and attitudes

Keywords: codeswitching | awareness | attitude | Chinese | teacher training | 语码转换 | 意识 | 态度 | 中文 | 教师培训

Chinese Language and Discourse 15:1 pp. 27–50 | article

Du, Zhaojin & Baoya Chen 2023 Uyghur speakers’ acquisition of Mandarin tones

Keywords: language contact | acquisition of Mandarin tones | Uyghur Chinese | accent-tone mapping | tone approximation

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 38:1 pp. 62–82 | article

Su, Qi, Chen Gu & Pengyuan Liu 2023 Association measures for collocation extraction: Automatic evaluation on a large-scale corpus

Keywords: collocation extraction | pooling | association measure | statistical metrics | evaluation

International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 29:1 pp. 59–86 | article

Zheng, Yue, Bingbing Bai, Ya’nan Li & Lixin Liu 2024 《国际中文教育中文水平等级标准》: “说”等级描述语的解读与应用

Keywords: 中文水平 | 等级标准 | 说 | 等级描述语 | Chinese proficiency | grading standards | speaking | grade descriptor

Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) 58:2 pp. 182–197 | article

Wei, Wei 2022 Sentence-internal discourse particles in Mandarin Chinese

In: New Horizons in Chinese Syntax, Simpson, Andrew (ed.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 272] pp. 509–536

Li, Qi 2022 Meaning construal and meaning conventionalization of Chinese [X+body part] metonymic compounds from the perspective of cognitive pragmatics

Keywords: meaning inference | “body part” nouns | conventionalization | metonymic compounds | relevance theory

Chinese Language and Discourse 14:1 pp. 100–120 | article

Fan, Xiaolei & Kin Wing Kevin Chan 2022 香港粵語「咗」的語法特點: 與北京話「了₁」的比較 [Grammatical properties of zo 咗 in Hong Kong Cantonese]

Keywords: 咗 | 完整體 | 香港粵語 | 了1 | 語序類型 | 完句 | Hong Kong Cantonese | zo | le 1 | perfective | completeness of sentences | word-order types

Language and Linguistics 23:3 pp. 371–410 | article | open access

Lixin, Liu 2022 Review of 《跨文化交际案例—汉语教师海外工作实训教程》 by 汪海霞 & 刘刚 (2021)Review of 《生存攻略案例—汉语教师海外生活实训教程》 by 刘刚 & 汪海霞 (2021)

Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) 56:3 pp. 255–258 | book review

Martin, James R., Yanmei Gao, Hanbing Li, Chengfang Song & Minglong Wei 2021 Martin on discourse semantics, genre, educational linguistics

Keywords: SFL | discourse semantics | grammatical metaphor | genre | educational linguistics | SLATE | intermodality | LCT | interdisciplinarity, individuation

Language, Context and Text 3:2 pp. 367–387 | article

Gao, Yanmei & Xiaohua Ren 2021 Syntactic parallelism and the co-production of syntactic units in Mandarin Chinese

Keywords: co-production | syntactic structure | syntactic parallelism | projectability | 共建 | 句法结构 | 句法平行 | 投射力

Chinese Language and Discourse 12:1 pp. 109–134 | article

Kong, Jiangping 2021  Active Syllable Average Limit 1,000 (音涯一千): The phonemic cognitive ability of human

Keywords: syllabic space | theoretical syllabic space | redundancy rate | phonemic cognitive ability

Language and Linguistics 23:1 p. 4 | article | open access

Zhang, Wenxian, Xianyin Li & Wei Zhang 2021 Overlapping as final-item completion in Mandarin conversation

Keywords: overlap | collaborative sequences | Mandarin conversation | Interactional Linguistics | 交叠 | 合作共建 | 汉语会话 | 互动语言学

Chinese Language and Discourse 12:1 pp. 35–51 | article

Zhou, Jiangping 2022 A corpus-based study of successive patterns of Chinese modals

Keywords: successive patterns | Chinese modals | subjectivity | types of modality | gradability

Asian Languages and Linguistics 2:2 pp. 292–317 | article

Li, Xuan & Feng Wang 2021 A preliminary study on nasalization and phonation: The case of Bai

Keywords: nasalization | phonation | Bai | fundamental frequency | open quotient | speed quotient

Language and Linguistics 23:1 pp. 116–139 | article | open access

Zhao, Yang 2021 

Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) 55:3 pp. 239–242 | book review

Feng, Shuo 2020 Vsevolod Kapatsinski. 2018. Changing minds changing tools: From learning theory to language acquisition to language change

Chinese Language and Discourse 11:2 pp. 364–370 | book review

Zhang, Wen 2019 La restitution de l’« effet-monde » dans le récit: L’univers référentiel de La Belle au bois dormant dans les traductions chinoises (1915–2010)

Keywords: narrative text | “world-effect” | children’s literature | fairy tales | Charles Perrault | the translation of children’s literature in China | texte narratif | « effet-monde » | littérature de jeunesse | contes de fées | Charles Perrault | la traduction de la littérature de jeunesse en Chine

FORUM 17:1 pp. 77–98 | article

Li, Shushu & Ni-Eng Lim 2020 “不会 VP 吧”在互动会话中的求证行为和反期待推测 [Seeking verification for unexpected inference using “buhui VP ba”]

Keywords: 不会 VP 吧 | 推测 | 反期待 | 求证 | 立场 | 疑信倾向

Chinese Language and Discourse 10:2 pp. 241–262 | article

Zhang, Wenxian 2019 汉语自然口语会话中的信息回应标记 “真的(吗/啊)” [The information response token zhende ma/a in Chinese spontaneous conversation]

Keywords: 回应 | 疑问 | 互动语言学 | response | question | interactional linguistics

Chinese Language and Discourse 10:1 pp. 17–35 | article

Li Fang 2018 医患互动研究: 回顾与展望 [Research on doctor-patient interaction]

Keywords: 医患互动 | 医患交流 | 医患会话 | 会话分析 | doctor-patient interaction | doctor-patient communication | doctor-patient conversation | conversation analysis

Chinese Language and Discourse 9:1 pp. 75–95 | article

Dong, Xiufang 2018 漢語動詞雙音化過程中的形式選擇和功能表現 (Patterns and functions of verbal disyllabification) [Patterns and functions of verbal disyllabification]

Keywords: 雙音化 | 詞彙化 | 動詞 | 詞彙史 | disyllabification | lexicalization | verb | lexical change

Language and Linguistics 19:3 pp. 395–409 | article | open access

Fan, Xiaolei 2018 邢臺話「了₁」的兩個變體 (The verbal-LE variants in Xingtai dialect) [The verbal-LE variants in Xingtai dialect]

Keywords: 了1 | 條件變體 | 語法因素 | 北方方言 | 語法異質 | verbal LE | conditional variants | grammatical factors | northern Chinese dialects | heterogeneity

Language and Linguistics 19:3 pp. 410–438 | article | open access

Liu, Xueying 2018 (钱志安) Andy Chin Chi-on, (郭必之) Kwok Bit-chee, (邹嘉彦) Benjamin K. Tsou, (eds) (2016) Commemorative Essays for Professor Yuen Ren Chao: Father of Modern Chinese Linguistics

Chinese Language and Discourse 8:2 pp. 266–270 | book review

Fan, Ying 2017 Excessive serial verb construction: A quasi-resultative serial verb construction in Mandarin Chinese

Keywords: serial verb construction | excessive | nucleus | core

Language and Linguistics 18:2 pp. 201–227 | article | open access

Higashi Takahiro & Wang Yunjia 2017 北京話連去變調的成因及其與詞重音的關係 [Cause of Tone 4 sandhi in Beijing Mandarin and its relationship with lexical stress]

Keywords: 北京話 | 詞重音 | 去聲 | 連讀變調 | Beijing Mandarin | lexical stress | Tone 4 | tone sandhi

Language and Linguistics 18:3 pp. 430–451 | article | open access

Du Zhaojin & Chen Baoya 2017 語音標記性與維漢聲調匹配 [Markedness of phonological elements and tone match in Chinese-Uyghur contact]

Keywords: 語言接觸 | 語音標記性 | 聲調匹配 | language contact | markedness of phonological elements | tone match

Language and Linguistics 18:3 pp. 383–429 | article | open access

Gao, Yihong, Xiaoqi Ma & Xiaoying Wang 2016 Global and national identity construction in ELF: A longitudinal case study on four Chinese students

Keywords: global identity | national identity | community of practice | ELF | imagined community

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 26:2 pp. 260–279 | article

Zhang, Wei 2015 The shifting representation of common people in China’s news media

Keywords: address terms | China’s news media | citizen identity | collocations | connotations | corpus linguistics | critical discourse analysis

Journal of Language and Politics 14:2 pp. 285–308 | article

Hu, Zhuanglin 2011 Imagic iconicity in the Chinese language

In: Semblance and Signification, Michelucci, Pascal, Olga Fischer & Christina Ljungberg (eds.) [Iconicity in Language and Literature, 10] p. 83

Song, Zuoyan & Hongyin Tao 2009 A unified account of causal clause sequences in Mandarin Chinese and its implications

Keywords: causal clause | spoken and written Chinese | clause combining | discourse and grammar

Studies in Language 33:1 p. 69 | article

Norton, Bonny & Yihong Gao 2008 Identity, investment, and Chinese learners of English

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 18:1 pp. 109–120 | article

Hamed, Mahé Ben & Feng Wang 2006 Stuck in the forest: Trees, networks and Chinese dialects

Keywords: cladistics | word lists | distance-based methods | Sinitic | tree model

Diachronica 23:1 pp. 29–60 | article

Gao, Yihong, Xinchun Su & Lei Zhou 2000 Pre-handover language attitudes in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Guangzhou

Keywords: matched guise | language attitude | handover

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 10:1 pp. 135–153 | article

Shen, Dan 1999 Basil Hatim: Communication Across Cultures. Translation Theory and Contrastive Text Linguistics

Babel 45:2 pp. 185–188 | other

Shen, Dan 1996 Dinda L. Gorlée: Semiotics and the Problem of Translation, With Special Reference to the Semiotics of Charles S. Peirce

Babel 42:1 pp. 53–57 | book review

Shen, Dan 1995 Harald Kittel and Armin Paul Frank (eds.): Interculturality and the Historical Study of Literary Translations

Babel 41:4 pp. 245–248 | book review

Shen, Dan 1992 Syntax and Literary Significance in the Translation of Realistic Fiction

Babel 38:3 pp. 149–167 | article

Shen, Dan 1989 Literalism: Non "formal-equivalence"

Babel 35:4 pp. 219–235 | article

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.