In:Dramatized Discourse: The Mandarin Chinese ba-construction
Zhuo Jing-Schmidt
[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 56] 2005
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Published online: 31 August 2005
https://doi.org/10.1075/sfsl.56.toc
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Table of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Notational Conventionsxix
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Database
3. The syntax of the ba -construction: Overview
4. Previous approaches
5. The hypothesis of discourse dramaticity
6. Cognitive salience as discourse dramaticity
7. Subjectivity and emotionality as discourse dramaticity
8. An interim conclusion
9 The pragmatization of the ba -construction: An adaptive change
10. Final remarks
Notes
References
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Author index
Subject index
