Qianping Gu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3989311 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Qianping Gu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Qianping |
| FAMILY NAME | Gu |
| SIGNATURE | GU Q |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, 305 E. 23rd Street STOP B5100, Austin, TX 78712, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4201-6516 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Telicization in Mandarin Chinese
This paper investigates aspectual meanings that resultative morphemes in Mandarin Chinese contribute to interpretations of the entire predicates, and in particular the culmination readings they bring out of the originally non-culminating accomplishments. Two resultative morphemes are studied: - wán and -diào. I argue that while both morphemes give rise to culmination readings, the culmination readings are derived in different ways. I propose that…
A corpus-based comparative study on the superlative forms in British English and Singapore Colloquial English
The study compares Singapore Colloquial English (SCE) and British English with respect to the usage of the two superlative forms, inflectional and periphrastic. I predicted that the periphrastic forms were more frequent in SCE than in British English since its substrate languages, Chinese and Malay, only have periphrastic forms. However, the results show that there is no statistical difference between the two varieties of English. I further carri…
A corpus-based comparative study on the superlative forms in British English and Singapore Colloquial English
The study compares Singapore Colloquial English (SCE) and British English with respect to the usage of the two superlative forms, inflectional and periphrastic. I predicted that the periphrastic forms were more frequent in SCE than in British English since its substrate languages, Chinese and Malay, only have periphrastic forms. However, the results show that there is no statistical difference between the two varieties of English. I further carri…
A corpus-based comparative study on the superlative forms in British English and Singapore Colloquial English
The study compares Singapore Colloquial English (SCE) and British English with respect to the usage of the two superlative forms, inflectional and periphrastic. I predicted that the periphrastic forms were more frequent in SCE than in British English since its substrate languages, Chinese and Malay, only have periphrastic forms. However, the results show that there is no statistical difference between the two varieties of English. I further carri…
Telicization in Mandarin Chinese
This paper investigates aspectual meanings that resultative morphemes in Mandarin Chinese contribute to interpretations of the entire predicates, and in particular the culmination readings they bring out of the originally non-culminating accomplishments. Two resultative morphemes are studied: - wán and -diào. I argue that while both morphemes give rise to culmination readings, the culmination readings are derived in different ways. I propose that…
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Culmination (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Event (particle physics (1 works) · History (1 works) · History (1 works)