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In this chapter, I will analyze the Chinese demonstratives using the Columbia School linguistic theory framework, as well as cognitive linguistic theory.
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For the sake of consistency, all names from the book Weicheng will be in Wade-Giles instead of pinyin because the English translation (Kelly & Mao, 1979) uses Wade-Giles.
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This is not just a Chinese cultural phenomenon and has such English equivalents as “the tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut.”
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“Women zhe wei laobo” is an appositive phrase, meaning ‘our this old family friend,’ literally.
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“Shuimian zhe dongxi” is an appositive phrase, meaning ‘sleep this thing,’ literally.
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Statistical analysis should be credited to Ruixue Fan, a statistician at Columbia University.
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[www.xiaonei.com] (March 18, 2009), http://abc.xiaonei.com/knowabc/investigation/Voted.action?invID=3847829.
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Lin, L. (2020). The Chinese Demonstratives. In: The German Demonstratives. Peking University Linguistics Research, vol 2. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8558-2_4
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