Title:
On the Relationship between Syntax and Semantics: a Cognitive- Psychological
Approach
Speaker:
Dr. Yuzhi Shi ,National University of Singapore
Venue
MB104
Speaker’s
Biodata:
Fri, Nov 18, 2005
10:40 a.m.
Dr. Shi Yuzhi is Associate Professor in Linguistics at the National University of
Singapore. He was trained first in Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and
then obtained an MA from UC San Diego in 1995 and a Ph.D. from Stanford University
in 1999, with a dissertation on “The Formation of the Resultative Construction and its
Effects on the Establishment of Modern Chinese Grammar.” His research has been in
the field of Chinese grammar using a variety of new approaches, including cognitive
linguistics, grammaticalization theory, and language typology. Amongst the many books
and articles published are: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MODERN CHINESE GRAMMARTHE
FORMATION OF THE RESULTATIVE CONSTRUCTION IN THE HISTORY OF CHINESE AND ITS
EFFECTS (2002), THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MODERN CHINESE GRAMMARA
GRAMMATICALIZATION APPROACH (2003), A Typological Approach to the Chinese
Language (2004), The Conceptual Foundation of Grammar (forthcoming), and
MANDARIN CHINESEA FUNCTIONAL REFERENCE GRAMMAR, Second edition
(forthcoming, with Charles Li and others).
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