This book extends the traditional research perspective of single sentences and contexts to the textual structure of real discourse materials. Taking discourse f

"This book extends the traditional research perspective of single sentences and contexts to the textual structure of real discourse materials. Taking discourse

Chinese Grammar at Work adopts a cognitive-functional approach and uses a corpus-based methodology to examine how Chinese syntax emerges from natural discourse

Chinese is a discourse-oriented language and the underlying mechanisms of the language involve encoding and decoding so the language can be correctly delivered

This volume features a discourse empirical orientation from diverse perspectives and various methodologies, in which narratives, interviews, surveys, and large-