Word-Class Flexibility in Classical Chinese. Verbal and Adverbial Uses of Nouns

Abstract

A monograph-length study on word classes in Classical Chinese focused on verbal and adverbial uses of nouns. It includes a historical introduction and summary of the state of research in the field, a proposal of a theory of Classical Chinese word classes and a detailed analysis of the phenomenon.

The work is anchored in the framework of cognititve linguistics

Keywords

• Classical Chinese
• Chinese grammar
• word classes
• cognitive linguistics