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@article{ART002836691},
author={Hyang Lan Park},
title={The Types of Focus and Expression Ways of Focus in Ancient Chinese},
journal={Journal of Chinese Language and Literature},
issn={1225-083X},
year={2022},
number={89},
pages={209-230},
doi={10.15792/clsyn..89.202204.209}

TY - JOUR
AU - Hyang Lan Park
TI - The Types of Focus and Expression Ways of Focus in Ancient Chinese
JO - Journal of Chinese Language and Literature
PY - 2022
VL - null
IS - 89
PB - Chinese Literary Society Of Yeong Nam
SP - 209
EP - 230
SN - 1225-083X
AB - This thesis examines the types of focus and expression ways of ancient Chinese. The focus has complementary relationships with topic, presupposition, or ground, as an axis of consisting of an information structure, which is the part that the speaker emphasizes the most in the sentence. Lambrecht(1994) classified ‘focus structure’ into predicate-focus structure, argument-focus structure, and sentence-focus structure. This study also classified the focus structure of ancient Chinese based on the structure, mentioned above. The predicate focus structure is located in the predicate where the focus is presented with new information. The argument focus structure is located on the noun phrase which is an argument, where the focus is emphasized regardless of the sentence final and the sentence initial. The entire sentence becomes new information and focus in the sentence-focus structure. Ancient Chinese makes use of the syntactic means; focus marker, word order shift, and ellipsis, to express the focus. In the first place, focus markers, 之 and 是 are inserted to emphasize the object components with which are contrasted. Second, the focus of ancient Chinese is also influenced by the movement of the word order shift. For example, a predicate part is pre-modified in front of the subject, or the object is pre-modified in front of the predicate part. As well, the prepositional phrase are pre-modified or post-modified in front of the predicate or in the rear of predicate. Finally, in ancient Chinese, old information is often omitted to stand out new information with high information value.
KW - 서술어초점(predicate-focus);논항초점(argument-focus);문장초점(sentence-focus);초점표지(focus marker);어순(word order);생략(ellipsis)
DO - 10.15792/clsyn..89.202204.209
ER -

Hyang Lan Park. (2022). The Types of Focus and Expression Ways of Focus in Ancient Chinese. Journal of Chinese Language and Literature, 89, 209-230.

Hyang Lan Park. 2022, "The Types of Focus and Expression Ways of Focus in Ancient Chinese", Journal of Chinese Language and Literature, no.89, pp.209-230. Available from: doi:10.15792/clsyn..89.202204.209

Hyang Lan Park "The Types of Focus and Expression Ways of Focus in Ancient Chinese" Journal of Chinese Language and Literature 89 pp.209-230 (2022) : 209.

Hyang Lan Park. The Types of Focus and Expression Ways of Focus in Ancient Chinese. 2022; 89 : 209-230. Available from: doi:10.15792/clsyn..89.202204.209

Hyang Lan Park. "The Types of Focus and Expression Ways of Focus in Ancient Chinese" Journal of Chinese Language and Literature no.89(2022) : 209-230.doi: 10.15792/clsyn..89.202204.209

Hyang Lan Park. The Types of Focus and Expression Ways of Focus in Ancient Chinese. Journal of Chinese Language and Literature, 89, 209-230. doi: 10.15792/clsyn..89.202204.209

Hyang Lan Park. The Types of Focus and Expression Ways of Focus in Ancient Chinese. Journal of Chinese Language and Literature. 2022; 89 209-230. doi: 10.15792/clsyn..89.202204.209

Hyang Lan Park. The Types of Focus and Expression Ways of Focus in Ancient Chinese. 2022; 89 : 209-230. Available from: doi:10.15792/clsyn..89.202204.209

Hyang Lan Park. "The Types of Focus and Expression Ways of Focus in Ancient Chinese" Journal of Chinese Language and Literature no.89(2022) : 209-230.doi: 10.15792/clsyn..89.202204.209