Tony Mcenery

Corpus-Based Contrastive Studies of English and Chinese

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This book is concerned with cross-linguistic contrast of major grammatical categories in English and Chinese, two most important yet genetically different world languages. This genetic difference has resulted in many subsidiary differences that are, among other things, related to grammar. Compared with typologically related languages, cross-linguistic contrast of English and Chinese is more challenging yet promising. The main theme of this book lies in its focus on cross-linguistic contrast of aspect-related grammatical categories, or, grammatical categories that contribute to aspectual meaning - both situation aspect at the semantic level an… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Xiao, Richard

ISBN: 978-1-136-94490-1
EAN: 9781136944901
Produktnummer: 19565804
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 216 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 3'009 KB
Abbildungen: 39 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 17 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 22 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 29 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Richard Xiao is Senior Lecturer in English and Chinese Studies at Edge Hill University, UK. He has published extensively in corpus linguistics as well as contrastive and translation studies. Richard's recent books include Aspect in Mandarin Chinese (2004), Corpus-Based Language Studies (2006), and A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese (2009).Tony McEnery is Professor of English Linguistics and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Lancaster University, UK. As a world renowned corpus linguist, he has published numerous books including Corpus Linguistics (1996/2001), Aspect in Mandarin Chinese (2004), Corpus-Based Language Studies (2006), and Corpora in Linguistics (2010).