Sinica venetiana

Series | Sinica venetiana
Volume 6 | Edited book | Corpus-Based Research on Chinese Language and Linguistics

Corpus-Based Research on Chinese Language and Linguistics

open access | peer reviewed
    edited by
  • Bianca Basciano - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
  • Franco Gatti - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
  • Anna Morbiato - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia; The University of Sydney, Australia - email orcid profile

Abstract

This volume collects papers presenting corpus-based research on Chinese language and linguistics, from both a synchronic and a diachronic perspective. The contributions cover different fields of linguistics, including syntax and pragmatics, semantics, morphology and the lexicon, sociolinguistics, and corpus building. There is now considerable emphasis on the reliability of linguistic data: the studies presented here are all grounded in the tenet that corpora, intended as collections of naturally occurring texts produced by a variety of speakers/writers, provide a more robust, statistically significant foundation for linguistic analysis. The volume explores not only the potential of using corpora as tools allowing access to authentic language material, but also the challenges involved in corpus interrogation, analysis, and building.

Keywords Object ManipulationEvidentialityCo-varying collexeme analysisCorpus-basedCounterfactualityAffixesCorpus-based studyChinese character variantsMultifactorialQuantitative analysisChinese syntaxComplement of stateXML mark-upDeontic modalityPrototypeChinese complement constructionCorpus studyForm and meaning representationLaudato Si’Word formationComplement of StateChinese-English modalityObject manipulationComplement of MannerCategorizationManual motor metaphorCollostructional analysisConstruction grammarComplement of mannerChineseIconicityEvaluative StanceQualitative analysisNeologismsChinese constructiconSentence-initial indefinites (SIIs)AssessmentConstructicographyEarly Hong Kong societyLinguistic databaseLanguage engineeringDerivationEluclidean distanceNear-synonymyAnimacyCantonese corpusConstruction GrammarGoal-oriented modalityPrinciple of compositionalityExplicitationChinese Complement ConstructionContextMedieval ChineseManual Motor MetaphorProductivityFamily cultureInformation structureActuality entailmentEmbodimentDigital humanitiesTerms of addressCorpus-based sociolinguistic studyEvaluative stance

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-406-6 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-406-6 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-407-3 | Number of pages 364 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published Dec. 21, 2020 | Language en