scholarly journals A Constructionalization Approach to the “Hen + X” Construction from the Perspective of Information Structure

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. p127
Author(s):  
Xinglong Wang ◽  
Xuxin Qu
Keyword(s):  
Information Structure ◽  
Construction Grammar ◽  
Cognitive Mechanism ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Modern Chinese ◽  
Cognitive Motivation ◽  
Way Of Thinking

“Hen (?)” is a common degree adverb in modern Chinese, which is generally used to modify verbs, adjectives and adverbs. The special phenomenon that “Hen” modifies nouns has attracted the attention of many scholars. Based on the theory of Diachronic Construction Grammar, this study attempts to investigate the constructionalization process of the “Hen + X” construction (X refers to words of any part of speech) through using corpus, clarify the evolution of the form-meaning/function of the “Hen + X” construction, analyze the cognitive mechanism behind the constructionalization of the “Hen + X” construction, and explore the cognitive motivation of the constructionalization of the “Hen + X” construction, which aims to enrich the study of the “Hen + X” construction and provide a new way of thinking for the study of Diachronic Construction Grammar.

Information Structure

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaakko Leino
Keyword(s):  
Information Structure ◽  
Construction Grammar ◽  
Role Of Information

This chapter examines the role of information structure in constructionist approaches. It evaluates the central notions of information structure and how these factors can be incorporated into a Construction Grammar view of mental grammar. The chapter explains that information structure is an important element of sentence grammar because it influences by which construction a particular meaning is expressed and why speakers therefore choose one construction over alternative ones in specific situations

Aspects of descriptive, referential, and information structure in phrasal semantics

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter F. Dominey
Keyword(s):  
Computational Model ◽  
Information Content ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Information Structure ◽  
Structural Organization ◽  
Construction Grammar

Phrasal semantics is concerned with how the meaning of a sentence is composed both from the meaning of the constituent words, and from extra meaning contained within the structural organization of the sentence itself. In this context, grammatical constructions correspond to form-meaning mappings that essentially capture this “extra” meaning and allow its representation. The current research examines how a computational model of language processing based on a construction grammar approach can account for aspects of descriptive, referential and information content of phrasal semantics.

scholarly journals Some Observations on Modern Chinese Confucianism

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Rønbøl Lauridsen
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Chinese Philosophy ◽  
Mao Zedong ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
National Pride ◽  
Modern Chinese ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Maxim Gorky

About thirty years ago Yang Mo's novel The Song of Youth was made into a movie portraying young people committed to change and revolution. In the ideological confusion one sentence rang out very clearly, as the words of Maxim Gorky were used to express the essence of Chinese culture: "In this world the most glorious thing is to be a man" (Zai shijieshang zui guangrong de shi jiu shi zuo yige ren). The death of Mao and the change of political environment was the starting point for a new way of thinking. Maols political and ideological role has been delicately dealt with by trying to preserve the legitimacy of the revolution while discardingsome of the basic elements of Mao Zedong-thought. Thenext move has been to look towards traditional Chinese philosophy to serve ideological development and national pride.

Maximizing the explanatory power of constructions in cognitive construction grammar(s)

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Gonzálvez-García
Keyword(s):  
Information Structure ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Dynamic Interaction ◽  
Construction Grammar ◽  
Illocutionary Force ◽  
Radical Construction ◽  
Cognitive Construction Grammar

Abstract This squib suggests two possible ways in which cognitively-oriented constructionist approaches (Cognitive Construction Grammar, Radical Construction Grammar, and Embodied Construction Grammar) could enhance the explanatory power of constructions. First, the anatomy of a construction should spell out how the morphosyntactic realizations of arguments are specifically mapped onto their inherent semantico-pragmatic properties, while also including detailed information concerning illocutionary force, information structure, register, politeness, etc. Second, it is argued that coercion should be best understood as a continuum allowing for varying degrees of (in-)compatibility between the verb and the construction taken as a whole. Moreover, parameterization and linguistic cueing prove useful to handle the dynamic interaction of the morphosyntactic, semantico-pragmatic, and discourse-functional hallmarks of constructions, including those which invite metonymic inferencing.

An approach to the meanging, part of speech and grammatical unit of ‘還’ ‘還是’ in Modern Chinese

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 131-155
Author(s):  
Gi-seb Ahn ◽  
sheng-im Jeng ◽  
Bong-giek He
Keyword(s):  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Modern Chinese

scholarly journals Culture Repertoire in Expressive Written Language : Study of Hypothesis of Edward Sapir and Benyamin Lee Whorf

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
Alfi Syahrin
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Expressive Writing ◽  
Information Structure ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Information Structures ◽  
Language Study ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way ◽  
Edward Sapir

Language, culture, and mind are closely related, each of these extracts reflects one another. The relationship between language, culture and mind of speakers is a basic idea of Sapir and Whorf's theories and hypotheses. Language politeness that is rooted in the splash of the cultural values of the speaking community, including can be seen from the packaging of the information structure as outlined in the sentence of a language. The construction of different clauses grammatically packs different information structures and politeness values. The way of thinking between cultures as outlined in a writing will be different in the way it is delivered. The purpose of this study is to describe culture in expressive writing, is seen from the hypothesis of Edwar Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf.

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