Semantics of Chinese Questions

<p><em>Semantics of Chinese Questions</em> is the first major study of Chinese questions especially wh-questions within the framework of Alternative Semantics. </p><p>It takes an interface approach to study the syntax semantics and phonology of questions and proposes a phonological scope-marking strategy in Chinese questions based upon experimental data. It also incorporates historical linguistic data regarding the grammaticalization of sentence-final particles such as –<i>ne</i> and –<i>ma</i> to study the formal diachronic semantics of questions. Primarily suitable for scholars in the field of Chinese linguistics this book makes new theoretical contributions to the study of questions.</p>