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Beyond Negation--The Roles of "Meiyou" and "Bushi" in Mandarin Conversation
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Wang, Yu-Fang – Language Sciences, 2008
This paper focuses on the negative markers "meiyou" and "bushi" (meaning "not/no") in Mandarin conversation and, in particular, on their idiosyncratic use in spoken discourse. In this study, through close observation of actual conversation, I found that "meiyou" and "bushi" serve more functions…
Descriptors: Semantics, Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Oral Language