Chinese Multiword Expressions Theoretical and Practical Perspectives
This book is the first English monograph to systematically explore Chinese Multiword expressions (MWEs) by applying corpus-driven and corpus-based approaches. It reveals the unique characteristics of Chinese MWEs by examining their core attributes, identi
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Chinese Multiword Expressions Theoretical and Practical Perspectives
Chinese Multiword Expressions
Shan Wang
Chinese Multiword Expressions Theoretical and Practical Perspectives
Shan Wang Faculty of Arts and Humanities University of Macau Macau, China
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Abstract
Language learning involves, roughly speaking, two types of tasks: to acquire vocabulary and to learn how these units can be combined to form larger units such as sentences. In terms of resources, we learn vocabulary by consulting dictionaries and learn how to form syntactic units by consulting grammar. This somewhat simplistic view, however, fails to directly address the learning of multiword expressions (MWEs), which are typically not adequately covered by either dictionaries or grammar. Research on MWEs has burgeoned in recent decades. It has become clear to linguists that strings of two or more words are often together, forming a useful linguistic unit. However, on the one hand, these units are often not included in the lexicon for various reasons. On the other hand, their combination is not always fully predicted by syntactic rules, and their meaning is not often the adding up of the parts. This is why MWEs are often treated differently. Learning and teaching MWEs have become a core and thriving topic in research of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. There are, however, very few systematic studies that have been carried out regarding Chinese MWEs. During learning Chinese MWEs, learners often m
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