Yicheng Wu
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3812422 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Yicheng Wu |
| PRENOMES | Yicheng |
| SOBRENOME | Wu |
| ASSINATURA | WU Y |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Zhejiang University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2284-0417 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 32 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 40 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The double-edged sword effects of self-objectification on app workers’ proactive service behavior in the gig economy
The reduction of Netspeak in Mandarin computer-mediated communication
This article addresses the phenomenon of Netspeak reductions with special reference to Mandarin computer-mediated communication. A tentative classification of Chinese Netspeak reductions is first provided, namely, two-, three-, or four-character reductions occurring at both the lexical and the syntactic levels and other atypical reductions. It is then proposed that Zipf’s Principle of Least Effort, which usually works at the lexical level, can wo…
The colexification of vision and cognition in Mandarin
Given the colexification of perception and cognition, Georgakopoulos et al. (2022. Universal and macro-areal patterns in the lexicon: A case-study in the perception-cognition domain. Linguistic Typology 26(2). 439–487) claim that uncontrolled experience rather than controlled activity has a direct linkage to cognition. To test whether this is a universal tendency, this study conducts a contrastive behavioral profile analysis of two basic vision v…
Self-praise by Chinese and American celebrities on TV talk shows
Self-praise, a social practice that threatens the positive face of the addressee, is a relatively under-explored topic in politeness research. This article examines self-praise strategies used by Chinese and American celebrities. Based on an existing taxonomy of self-praise strategies, namely, explicit self-praise without modification, explicit self-praise with modification, and implicit self-praise, we collected data from two Chinese TV shows (Y…
(Non-)compositionality and complexity
Danping Wang
With an increasing global popularity of Chinese learning, how to efficiently conduct the teaching of Chinese as a second language (CSL) to a growing number of learners with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds draw more and more attention from educators and researchers. In an attempt to unveil the realities and complexities of language practices in CSL classrooms, Danping Wang investigates CSL policies and classroom practices in Hong Kon…
Efficiency in shaping grammars
Hawkins ( 1994 , 1999 , 2004 , 2014a ) proposes a performance-grammar correspondence hypothesis, claiming that grammars can be shaped by processing systems with reference to the degree of preference in communication. Given that Hawkins’s proposal mainly highlights the role of efficiency in language comprehension, this paper demonstrates that parsing principles can also be employed to account for language production. Based on an analysis of the pr…
Disagreement and mitigation in power-asymmetrical venture capital reality TV shows
This paper examines the relationships among cultural variation, power, disagreement, and mitigation devices. Based on a multi-modal analysis of original data from two TV shows ( Shark Tank in the US and Dragon’s Den in China), it is found that investors’ linguistic performance shows greater frequency and variation in both disagreement and its mitigation, influenced by power and politeness. Regarding the role of cultural variation, this study chal…
(Core) common ground once more
(Core) common ground and the role of metapragmatic expressions
The constructionalization and constructional change of noncanonical V-NP expressions in Mandarin Chinese
This paper investigates the process of constructionalization and constructional change of apparently noncanonical yet highly frequent V-NP expressions in Mandarin Chinese, which exist in other languages as well (e.g., Southeast Asian languages and African languages). A corpus-based survey of 20 frequently used monosyllabic verbs shows that both the token and the type frequency of the noncanonical V-NP expressions have on the whole been increasing…
A dynamic account of lian...dou in Chinese verb doubling cleft construction
Influence of Concessive and Causal Conjunctions on Pragmatic Processing
This study investigates the influence of causal and concessive relations on discourse coherence in Chinese by means of eye movement and self-paced reading techniques. We use the sentential structure like “NPHUMAN moved from place A to place B, {because (因为 yinwei) /although (尽管 jinguan) /no conjunction} + pronoun (he/she) + verb (e.g., like) + there (nali)... + NP”. The eye-movement data (Experiment 1) recorded from regions of interest consistent…
A dynamic account of verb doubling cleft construction in Chinese
Numeral classifiers in East Asia
The understanding of the functional range of numeral classifiers requires a combined effort from different theoretical approaches and the integration of findings from syntax, semantics and pragmatics. This article demonstrates how such an integrative perspective creates new insights into classifiers in Sinitic languages in the fields of counting and word order, the expression of definiteness and indefiniteness and the syntax of verbal classificat…
Toward a typology of question particles in the languages of China
Numeral classifiers in Sinitic languages
Numeral classifiers have consistently been treated as lexical words (实词shicior 体词tici) by traditional Chinese grammarians but considered functional elements in most theoretical linguistic literature and treated as functionally equivalent to the definite article in English. In this paper, I point out that (i) unlike the definite articlethein English that denotes "definiteness" regardless of context, bare nouns and numeral classifiers in Sinitic la…
Enlarging the scope of metaphor studies
Many recent discussions about Deliberate Metaphor Theory (DMT) not only advance the research of metaphor theory, but also significantly contribute to a comprehensive understanding of metaphor, a ubiquitous yet complex phenomenon. In this paper we contend that DMT should not be regarded merely as a revitalization of traditional view of metaphor in rhetoric; rather, its contribution is undeniably significant and deserves its due attention. DMT is d…
Common Verbs Are Uncommon
Verbal underspecification in Chinese is manifested in the way verbs are lexically underspecified as to the number and the type of complements (i.e., arguments and argument-like adjuncts) they can take. It is, on the one hand, a reflex of the interaction between the lexicon, syntax and pragmatics, and on the other, a reflex of the general semantic underspecification of lexical items. Within the framework of Dynamic Syntax
Whether or not multiple occurrences of ziji can take distinct antecedents
Ditransitives in three Gan dialects
The semantics and pragmatics of the CHI + NON-Food NP construction
Xiong (2012) presents a pragmatic as well as a semantic account of the CHI + NON-FOOD NP expression in Chinese, an apparently unconventional yet highly productive construction formed by a most frequently used verb CHI ‘eat.’ In this paper we take issue with various points of Xiong s analysis, demonstrating that contrary to a number of his claims, (1) the non-canonical construction is not unique to Chinese, but quite common to Southeast Asian lang…
Which way to move
This paper re-examines from an evolutionary perspective the typological status of Chinese, with regard to the issue of how the information of motion events is encoded (Talmy 2000; Slobin 2004). We investigate, with emphasis on the roles of both language structure and language use, the four periods of Chinese (Old, Middle, Pre-Modern and Modern) in terms of parameters such as path, manner and ground, and compare with typologically different langua…
Metaphors in the perspective of argumentation
Multidisciplinary approaches in evolutionary linguistics
Influence of Concessive and Causal Conjunctions on Pragmatic Processing
This study investigates the influence of causal and concessive relations on discourse coherence in Chinese by means of eye movement and self-paced reading techniques. We use the sentential structure like “NPHUMAN moved from place A to place B, {because (因为 yinwei) /although (尽管 jinguan) /no conjunction} + pronoun (he/she) + verb (e.g., like) + there (nali)... + NP”. The eye-movement data (Experiment 1) recorded from regions of interest consistent…
Classifiers ≠ Determiners
Cheng and Sybesma (1999, 2005) argue that classifiers in Chinese are equivalent to a definite article. We argue against this position on empirical grounds, drawing attention to the fact that semantically, syntactically, and functionally, Chinese classifiers are not on the same footing as definite determiners. We also show that compared with Cheng and Sybesma's ClP analysis of Chinese NPs (in particular, Cantonese NPs, on which their proposal cruc…
Metaphors in the perspective of argumentation
How different are expletive and referential pronouns? A parsing perspective
Communicative acts
(Core) common ground and the role of metapragmatic expressions
Enlarging the scope of metaphor studies
Many recent discussions about Deliberate Metaphor Theory (DMT) not only advance the research of metaphor theory, but also significantly contribute to a comprehensive understanding of metaphor, a ubiquitous yet complex phenomenon. In this paper we contend that DMT should not be regarded merely as a revitalization of traditional view of metaphor in rhetoric; rather, its contribution is undeniably significant and deserves its due attention. DMT is d…
Which way to move
This paper re-examines from an evolutionary perspective the typological status of Chinese, with regard to the issue of how the information of motion events is encoded (Talmy 2000; Slobin 2004). We investigate, with emphasis on the roles of both language structure and language use, the four periods of Chinese (Old, Middle, Pre-Modern and Modern) in terms of parameters such as path, manner and ground, and compare with typologically different langua…
Ditransitives in three Gan dialects
Less well-behaved pronouns
Aspects of pragmatic referentiality
Topic expression, information saliency and anaphora resolution
Aspects of pragmatic referentiality
Classifiers ≠ Determiners
Cheng and Sybesma (1999, 2005) argue that classifiers in Chinese are equivalent to a definite article. We argue against this position on empirical grounds, drawing attention to the fact that semantically, syntactically, and functionally, Chinese classifiers are not on the same footing as definite determiners. We also show that compared with Cheng and Sybesma's ClP analysis of Chinese NPs (in particular, Cantonese NPs, on which their proposal cruc…
How different are expletive and referential pronouns? A parsing perspective
Communicative acts
The interpretation of copular constructions in Chinese
Less well-behaved pronouns
Multidisciplinary approaches in evolutionary linguistics
The semantics and pragmatics of the CHI + NON-Food NP construction
Xiong (2012) presents a pragmatic as well as a semantic account of the CHI + NON-FOOD NP expression in Chinese, an apparently unconventional yet highly productive construction formed by a most frequently used verb CHI ‘eat.’ In this paper we take issue with various points of Xiong s analysis, demonstrating that contrary to a number of his claims, (1) the non-canonical construction is not unique to Chinese, but quite common to Southeast Asian lang…
Which way to move
This paper re-examines from an evolutionary perspective the typological status of Chinese, with regard to the issue of how the information of motion events is encoded (Talmy 2000; Slobin 2004). We investigate, with emphasis on the roles of both language structure and language use, the four periods of Chinese (Old, Middle, Pre-Modern and Modern) in terms of parameters such as path, manner and ground, and compare with typologically different langua…
Metaphors in the perspective of argumentation
Common Verbs Are Uncommon
Verbal underspecification in Chinese is manifested in the way verbs are lexically underspecified as to the number and the type of complements (i.e., arguments and argument-like adjuncts) they can take. It is, on the one hand, a reflex of the interaction between the lexicon, syntax and pragmatics, and on the other, a reflex of the general semantic underspecification of lexical items. Within the framework of Dynamic Syntax
Whether or not multiple occurrences of ziji can take distinct antecedents
Ditransitives in three Gan dialects
Enlarging the scope of metaphor studies
Many recent discussions about Deliberate Metaphor Theory (DMT) not only advance the research of metaphor theory, but also significantly contribute to a comprehensive understanding of metaphor, a ubiquitous yet complex phenomenon. In this paper we contend that DMT should not be regarded merely as a revitalization of traditional view of metaphor in rhetoric; rather, its contribution is undeniably significant and deserves its due attention. DMT is d…
A dynamic account of verb doubling cleft construction in Chinese
Numeral classifiers in East Asia
The understanding of the functional range of numeral classifiers requires a combined effort from different theoretical approaches and the integration of findings from syntax, semantics and pragmatics. This article demonstrates how such an integrative perspective creates new insights into classifiers in Sinitic languages in the fields of counting and word order, the expression of definiteness and indefiniteness and the syntax of verbal classificat…
Toward a typology of question particles in the languages of China
Numeral classifiers in Sinitic languages
Numeral classifiers have consistently been treated as lexical words (实词shicior 体词tici) by traditional Chinese grammarians but considered functional elements in most theoretical linguistic literature and treated as functionally equivalent to the definite article in English. In this paper, I point out that (i) unlike the definite articlethein English that denotes "definiteness" regardless of context, bare nouns and numeral classifiers in Sinitic la…
The constructionalization and constructional change of noncanonical V-NP expressions in Mandarin Chinese
This paper investigates the process of constructionalization and constructional change of apparently noncanonical yet highly frequent V-NP expressions in Mandarin Chinese, which exist in other languages as well (e.g., Southeast Asian languages and African languages). A corpus-based survey of 20 frequently used monosyllabic verbs shows that both the token and the type frequency of the noncanonical V-NP expressions have on the whole been increasing…
A dynamic account of lian...dou in Chinese verb doubling cleft construction
Influence of Concessive and Causal Conjunctions on Pragmatic Processing
This study investigates the influence of causal and concessive relations on discourse coherence in Chinese by means of eye movement and self-paced reading techniques. We use the sentential structure like “NPHUMAN moved from place A to place B, {because (因为 yinwei) /although (尽管 jinguan) /no conjunction} + pronoun (he/she) + verb (e.g., like) + there (nali)... + NP”. The eye-movement data (Experiment 1) recorded from regions of interest consistent…
(Core) common ground once more
(Core) common ground and the role of metapragmatic expressions
Danping Wang
With an increasing global popularity of Chinese learning, how to efficiently conduct the teaching of Chinese as a second language (CSL) to a growing number of learners with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds draw more and more attention from educators and researchers. In an attempt to unveil the realities and complexities of language practices in CSL classrooms, Danping Wang investigates CSL policies and classroom practices in Hong Kon…
Linguistics (30 obras) · Philosophy (28 obras) · Computer Science (25 obras) · Psychology (23 obras) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (19 obras) · Philosophy (16 obras) · Artificial Intelligence (12 obras) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (12 obras) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (12 obras) · Mathematics (9 obras)