Description
The Chinese particle LE has been difficult to classify, and its use has evolved over time. It is now being studied using inferential models and situation semantics. This book discusses the Chinese data from a "mental space" perspective and reveals the role the particle plays in the construction and maintenance of discourse.
Ever since the start of Chinese linguistic studies, the description of the Chinese particle LE has remained elusive. The classification has evolved from a listing of sentences and the discussion of contrastive pairs to a more context and discourse-oriented analysis. The development in recent years of inferential models and situation semantics has opened the way for a renewed study of the use of the Chinese particle LE. This book discusses the Chinese data from a 'mental space' perspective and finally reveals the role so-called Chinese 'sentence LE' plays in the construction and maintenance of discourse.
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