A Book Review of <i>Five Treatises on Chinese Grand Grammar</i>

Wang Heyu

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A Book Review of Five Treatises on Chinese Grand Grammar

Wang Heyu

Published in Communication and Linguistics Studies (Volume 8, Issue 2)

Received: 6 June 2022 Accepted: 23 June 2022 Published: 30 June 2022

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Shen J-X’s monograph Five Treatises on Chinese Grand Grammar is a further reflection on the Chinese grammar following his proposals of the Super-Noun model for Chinese word classes and the parallel model of Chinese syntax. Against the tendency to study syntax, semantics and pragmatics separately, Shen argues that Chinese Grand Grammar involves a comprehensive consideration of prosodic, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic factors simultaneously. Basically, Shen accepts the proposal that the predominant and primary unit in Chinese language is zi (word-syllable) which is monosyllable and carries a specific tone and meaning. This fact accounts for a package of difference and contrast between the artistic and poetic Chinese language and the word-based English language. Taking daily conversations as the prototype of discourse, Shen naturally explains the properties of continuity and dynamism of Chinese run-on utterances.

Published in	Communication and Linguistics Studies (Volume 8, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.cls.20220802.11
Page(s)	31-33
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Chinese Grand Grammar, Super-Noun, Word-Syllable, Prosody, Four Chunk Format, Run-on Utterances

References

[1]	Shen J-X. (2016). Nouns and Verbs, Beijing: The Commercial Press.
[2]	Shen J-X. (2019). On four chunk format in Chinese, Chinese Teaching in the World, 31 (1): 3-19.
[3]	Shen J-X. (2018). Negative transfer of Chinese nominalism in learning English as a second language, Foreign Language and Literature, (1): 4-21.
[4]	Shen J-X. (2022). Zellig Harris’ discourse analysis and the Chinese subject-predicate sentences, Modern Foreign Languages, 45 (1): 1-16.
[5]	Pan, W-G. (2002) Zi as the Primary Unit and Chinese Study, Shanghai: East China Normal University Press.
[6]	Xu T-Q. (2008). Introducing Chinese Grammar Taking Zi as the Primary Unit, Jinan: Shandong Education Press.
[7]	Chomsky, N. (1995). The Minimalist Program. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press.
[8]	Larson, R. K. (2009). Chinese as a reverse ezafe language. Yuyan Luncong, (39): 30-85.
[9]	Kaufman, D. (2009). Austronesian nominalism and its consequences: A Tagalog case study. Theoretical Linguistics, 35 (1), 1-49.
[10]	Du Bois, J. W. (2014). Towards a dialogic syntax. Cognitive Linguistics, 25 (3), 359-410.

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