Mandarin Chinese zhishi (similar to English 'only'), comprised of the adverb zhi and the
copula shi, can act as an adverb (ADV) or a discourse marker (DM). This study analyzes the …

The present study investigates Mandarin Chinese chufei ('only if'or 'unless') constructions in
both spoken and written discourse. The results show that most chufei instances fall into the …

Discourse marker analysis has been widely studied, leading Fraser (1998: 301) to call this
subjecta growth market in linguistics'. In our present research, we extended the study of …

This study reports on the Chinese contrastive markers zhishi, danshi, buguo, and keshi,
which correspond to English 'but/yet/however', across different discourse modes: narratives …

Seeking evidence from its discursive purposes, its sequential positions in interaction, and
the nature of the activity it is situated in, we re-examine the form dui bu dui 'correct-not …

This paper investigates the functions of a previously neglected collocation, the nominalizer
的 de and the noun 樣子 yàngzi 'appearance'(DYZ) in colloquial Mandarin discourse. DYZ is …

This article discusses shishishang (事实上) in Mandarin Chinese with three major
objectives:(1) to describe the diachronic grammaticalisation process of shishishang from an …

The present study delves into the idiosyncrasies of qishi and its near synonym—shishishang
in spoken Chinese, by adopting the conversation analysis approach (Sacks et al., 1974) and …

An expanding body of research in linguistics deals with discourse markers (DMs), the
expressions that have emotive rather than referential functions (Holker, 1991). Taking a …

Existing research on shi… de constructions has often referred to its purported “emphasis” or
“focus” functions. This paper reexamines shi… de by analyzing 787 examples of shi… de …