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On Foreground-Background and Transitivity in Chinese Shiwu (事物) Expository Discourse
Author(s)
XU Ai-gai
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2019.11.009
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Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
ABSTRACT
Foreground-background and transitivity are very important in discourse linguistics, the features of which vary from types of discourse. Chinese shiwu expository discourse has its own semantic features about foreground-background; and this type of discourse is characterized by low transitivity, especially in foreground.
KEYWORDS
Chinese shiwu expository discourse, Explanatory object, Foreground, Background, Low transitivity
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