Flexibility in the Parts-of-Speech System of Classical Chinese

Download or read book Flexibility in the Parts-of-Speech System of Classical Chinese written by Linlin Sun and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on empirical data from five classical texts, this study investigates flexibility of parts of speech in Classical Chinese. The findings suggest that flexibility in a parts-of-speech system can only be fully understood by integrating a wide range of aspects. The components needed to account for it include constructions, semantics, metonymies, metaphors, pragmatic implicatures – and world knowledge as reflected within a given culture.