Assoc Prof
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Assoc Professor
Chinese Studies
Orcid identifier0009-0004-6585-8611
- Assoc ProfessorChinese Studies
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Modern Chinese Grammar 现代汉语语法
• Functional Linguistics 功能语言学
• Chinese Historical Syntax 汉语历史语法
• Grammaticalization Theory 语法化理论
Current Research
It is a standard assumption that grammaticalization involves context and is pragmatically motivated. In the past years, I have paid particular attention to the interaction between context, pragmatic inferring, and frequency in the diachronic development of Chinese grammatical items. Recent years have witnessed an increasing awareness of the relevance of complex and schematic constructions to grammaticalization as construction grammar has developed as a general approach to language. Accordingly, my current research projects involve the diachronic development of complex and schematic constructions.
• Functional Linguistics 功能语言学
• Chinese Historical Syntax 汉语历史语法
• Grammaticalization Theory 语法化理论
Current Research
It is a standard assumption that grammaticalization involves context and is pragmatically motivated. In the past years, I have paid particular attention to the interaction between context, pragmatic inferring, and frequency in the diachronic development of Chinese grammatical items. Recent years have witnessed an increasing awareness of the relevance of complex and schematic constructions to grammaticalization as construction grammar has developed as a general approach to language. Accordingly, my current research projects involve the diachronic development of complex and schematic constructions.