The German Demonstratives A Study in the Columbia School Framework

This book explores, analyzes, and compares the use of German and Chinese demonstratives. Discourse and textual uses of the forms are considered, as well as their locative and temporal uses. The author observes that in both languages the demonstratives can be used to refer to referents. However, she...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lin, Lin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
Series:Peking University Linguistics Research
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 Demonstratives
  • Chapter 3 The German Demonstratives
  • Chapter 4 The Chinese Demonstratives
  • Chapter 5 German and Chinese Demonstratives in Discourse