Readers 读者
The discourse flexibility of Zhao Yuanren [Yuen Ren Chao]’s homophonic text
赵元任同音文的话语灵活性
He Hengxing 何恒幸
Abstract 摘要
Chinese American linguist Zhao Yuanren [Yuen Ren Chao] 赵元任’s homophonic Chinese text entitled “Shi shi shi shi shi 施氏食狮史” (or Story of stone grotto poet eating lions) (Zhao [Chao] 1960; 1980:149) is a peculiar text that is little explored. This paper, with a discussion of this text in terms of mode of discourse, reveals how flexible a homophonic text can be, and how mode of discourse can bend a discourse in its length, syntax, style, and structure. This study enriches the linguistic power and intelligence to Zhao [Chao]’s original homophonic text and offers some implications for the research of homophonic texts and discourses.
Subject Keywords 主题词
Discourse 话语 Text 语篇 Homophonic text 同音文 Discourse flexibility 话语灵活性
Journal of Chinese Linguistics vol.46, no.1 (January 2018): 149-176
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