Communication and Linguistics Studies

Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2022

  • A Book Review of Five Treatises on Chinese Grand Grammar

    Wang Heyu

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2022
    Pages: 31-33
    Received: 6 June 2022
    Accepted: 23 June 2022
    Published: 30 June 2022
    DOI: 10.11648/j.cls.20220802.11
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    Abstract: Shen J-X’s monograph Five Treatises on Chinese Grand Grammar is a further reflection on the Chinese grammar following his proposals of the Super-Noun model for Chinese word classes and the parallel model of Chinese syntax. Against the tendency to study syntax, semantics and pragmatics separately, Shen argues that Chinese Grand Grammar involves a co... Show More
  • The Impact of Circularity Shift on Reporting Genres: Functionality vs. Virtuality

    Mohamed El Behi

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2022
    Pages: 34-41
    Received: 17 July 2022
    Accepted: 11 August 2022
    Published: 14 September 2022
    DOI: 10.11648/j.cls.20220802.12
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    Abstract: This paper sets out to examine not only how genre colony is elaborated with its way of arrangement in a meticulous and complicated order but also how collision with online virtual reporting is evoked by its sets of intricate design. A combination of the generic moves of a released American diplomatic document, circulating confidentially and the nar... Show More