LNG305 Chinese Linguistics Semester 1, 25-26 AcademicYear
Use linguistic theories/approaches to analyse Mandarin Chinese or make comparisons
between Mandarin and another/other dialect(s) (such as Cantonese, Min, Wu, Hakka,
Xiang and Gan) of Chinese on your chosen topic to explore an aspect of Chinese
linguistics. You should link your adopted theories/approaches to the data/examples
collected. You can select one or more field(s) of Chinese such as phonetics, phonology,
morphology,syntax,semantics orsociolinguisticsto account for Chinese language data.
Here are some examples of essay subjects/topics:
tone sandhi rules and/or domains
headedness of Mandarin compounds
grammaticalization of coverbs
constraints on ba construction
comparative study of bei, gei, rang and jiang passive constructions
resultative structure
complex predicates such as serial verb construction
aspectual particles, etc.
The essay subjects/topics are not restricted to those listed above. You are free to develop
your own essay topics. If you decide to choose your own topic, you should check its
feasibility with the tutor.
The following are some examples of Linguistic Theories/Approaches to use for the
essay assignment:
Optimality Theory
Generative Grammar
Cognitive Linguistics/Grammar
Construction Grammar
(Systemic) Functional Linguistics, etc.
However, the Linguistic Theories/Approaches to be adopted for your essay are not
restricted to those listed above. For example, you could use Data-based or Corpusbased Approach to collect Chinese language data or explore Chinese language corpora
to analyse and abstract grammatical rules, patterns or constructions from them
Solution:
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