{"title":"The [有 yǒu + vp] construction in Singapore Mandarin","authors":"M. Teo","doi":"10.1075/cld.20002.teo","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/cld.20002.teo","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000As a result of contact between mutually unintelligible Southern Chinese varieties like Hokkien and Cantonese, Colloquial Singapore Mandarin (csm) 有 yǒu ‘have’ has extended its semantic functions to include that of realis modality marker. This paper will demonstrate how a framework of ambiguity and semantic continuity can allow us to determine the associative links between different synchronous functions of the 有 yǒu ‘have’ construction. The ambiguous context that links the existential and realis modality functions of 有 yǒu ‘have’ is [没有\u0000 méi yǒu ‘not have’ + vp]. This ambiguous context allows 有 yǒu ‘have’ to be reanalyzed as a realis modality marker with méi ‘not’ as the negator. Additionally, the semantic continuity between the existential and realis modality marker functions further confirms such an association. While [yǒu + np] affirms the existence of someone or something, [yǒu + vp] affirms the existence of an event.","PeriodicalId":42144,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Language and Discourse","volume":"134 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76115471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phonetic fusion in Chinese conversational speech","authors":"S. Tseng","doi":"10.1075/cld.21004.tse","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/cld.21004.tse","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000This paper presents a corpus-based perspective on the phonetic fusion of disyllabic words in a Chinese conversational speech corpus. Four categorical types that reflect the phonological features of reduction degrees are automatically derived from gradient, acoustic properties. A transcription experiment is conducted with the most common disyllabic words. Both automatic derivation by acoustic signals and human transcription by perceptual judgment refer to the same sound inventory. We have shown that the complete form of fusion occurring in conversation need not be legitimate syllables and it appears consistently in the form of syllable merger that represents a group of phonetic variants.","PeriodicalId":42144,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Language and Discourse","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87679577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who is to Blame?","authors":"Chenyang Lin","doi":"10.1075/cld.20030.lin","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/cld.20030.lin","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Critical discourse analysis (CDA) has been broadly applied to understand the social implications of discourse, yet few studies have compared different forms of discourse in Chinese media, especially on the topic of race. Referencing the CDA framework, this study compares two sample news items from Mainland China and Taiwan about the killing of George Floyd and the associated social movements, analyzing their presentational forms, sourcing patterns, headlines, lexical and syntactic choices. A racial analysis is also conducted to better comprehend how racism is constructed and potentially reproduced in Chinese media. The results suggest that the two media sources bifurcate in reporting styles – due to respective journalistic environments and regulations – and their attitudes towards the cause of the reported event. However, they both explicitly identify the issue of racism in the US. This study applies CDA in a non-US context to uncover the reporting styles and racial connotations in Chinese news discourse from Mainland China and Taiwan, identifying future directions for racial discourse analysis in Chinese media.","PeriodicalId":42144,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Language and Discourse","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75909226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special issue on joint production of conversational turns","authors":"K. Luke, Mei Fang","doi":"10.1075/cld.00039.int","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/cld.00039.int","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42144,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Language and Discourse","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85339941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Joint Production of Conversational Turns","authors":"","doi":"10.1075/cld.12.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/cld.12.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42144,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Language and Discourse","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73112598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collaborative construction of turn constructional units in responsive positions of question-answer sequences in\u0000 Mandarin conversation","authors":"Zixuan Song, S. Vukadinovich","doi":"10.1075/CLD.00038.SON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/CLD.00038.SON","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This paper explores the features and interactional functions of collaboratively constructed TCUs (CCTs) in\u0000 responsive positions of question-answer sequences in Mandarin daily conversations. Adopting the methodologies of Conversation\u0000 Analysis, Interactional Linguistics and Multimodal Analysis, the study explores the sequential features of the CCTs and\u0000 bodily-visual resources co-occurring with the CCTs, such as gaze orientations and gestures. Two categories have been identified\u0000 based on the participants’ roles in the question-answer sequences. First, the answerer initiates the response to the question, and\u0000 the questioner collaboratively completes the response. The analysis shows that the questioners are not conveying the action of\u0000 answering the question but assuming the answer to the question. Second, one answerer initiates the response to the question, and\u0000 another one collaboratively completes the response. The data demonstrates that this type of CCTs usually involves the two\u0000 question-recipients with more or less equal epistemic access to the referent.","PeriodicalId":42144,"journal":{"name":"Chinese Language and Discourse","volume":"175 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74355793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}