A Research on Functional Grammar of Chinese

by Mei Fang and Bojiang Zhang

The functional perspective on Chinese syntax has yielded various new achievements since its introduction to Chinese linguistics in the 1980s.

This two-volume set is one of the earliest and most influential works to study the Chinese language using functional grammar. With local Beijing vernacular (Pekingese) as a basis, the information structure and focus structure of the Chinese language are systematically examined. By using written works...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367422689
• ISBN13: 9780367422684
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 452 Pages