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A phonetic and multimodal exploration of the BA construction of the Chinese imperative

Hu, Guohua LU (2021) SPVR01 20211
General Linguistics
Master's Programme: Language and Linguistics
Abstract
Previous studies of the Chinese imperative have treated syntax and prosody separately, have not considered gestures, and have looked at sentences in isolation and not in discourse. This study therefore investigated how the relationship between grammatical components, intonation (perceived stress), and gesture are co-organized and interact in the 把 bǎ ‘Ba’ construction (i.e., BA) of Chinese imperatives, specifically in natural spontaneous Chinese discourse in a face-to-face task-driven dyadic activity. The results reveal that the verb phrase (VP) bears the perceived sentence stress of BA and gestural strokes also mostly align with the VP. These results suggest that there is, in fact, an interaction between the three modalities: syntax,... (More)
Previous studies of the Chinese imperative have treated syntax and prosody separately, have not considered gestures, and have looked at sentences in isolation and not in discourse. This study therefore investigated how the relationship between grammatical components, intonation (perceived stress), and gesture are co-organized and interact in the 把 bǎ ‘Ba’ construction (i.e., BA) of Chinese imperatives, specifically in natural spontaneous Chinese discourse in a face-to-face task-driven dyadic activity. The results reveal that the verb phrase (VP) bears the perceived sentence stress of BA and gestural strokes also mostly align with the VP. These results suggest that there is, in fact, an interaction between the three modalities: syntax, prosody, and gesture. Future studies might investigate other gestural articulators, for example head movements, and BA outside of the imperative. (Less)
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author
Hu, Guohua LU
supervisor
organization
course
SPVR01 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Chinese imperative, 把 bǎ ‘Ba’ construction, syntax, prosody, gesture, multimodality
language
English
id
9041489
date added to LUP
2021-03-10 11:28:26
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2021-03-10 11:28:26
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  abstract     = {{Previous studies of the Chinese imperative have treated syntax and prosody separately, have not considered gestures, and have looked at sentences in isolation and not in discourse. This study therefore investigated how the relationship between grammatical components, intonation (perceived stress), and gesture are co-organized and interact in the 把 bǎ ‘Ba’ construction (i.e., BA) of Chinese imperatives, specifically in natural spontaneous Chinese discourse in a face-to-face task-driven dyadic activity. The results reveal that the verb phrase (VP) bears the perceived sentence stress of BA and gestural strokes also mostly align with the VP. These results suggest that there is, in fact, an interaction between the three modalities: syntax, prosody, and gesture. Future studies might investigate other gestural articulators, for example head movements, and BA outside of the imperative.}},
  author       = {{Hu, Guohua}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{A phonetic and multimodal exploration of the BA construction of the Chinese imperative}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}