Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ447343
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Publication Date: 1991
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Functional Motivations for the So-Called "Inverted Sentences" in Beijing Conversational Discourse.
Tai, James; Hu, Wenze
Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, v26 n3 p75-104 Oct 1991
Identifies motives for the inversion of various preverbal elements to the end of sentences in Beijing conversational discourse, focusing on such communicative functions and organizational mechanisms as thematization, repair, and afterthought appendage. (32 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Oral Language, Phrase Structure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China (Beijing)
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