Motion in Chinese

​Dr. Chengzhi Chu teaches Chinese language and linguistics at the University of California, Davis and directs its Chinese Language Program. He also serves on the Graduate Faculty of Linguistics of UC Davis. He is the former President of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA, and Guest or Honorary Professor of several other universities. Before joining UC Davis, he taught at Stanford University and the Beijing Language and Culture University for many years. He is a frequent and popular speaker at national and international conferences and workshops. He has published widely on Chinese linguistics, cognitive semantics, corpus linguistics, Chinese L2 pedagogy, application of technology in Chinese teaching, Chinese testing, and intercultural communication.

Acknowledgements.- Abstract.- List of Tables.- List of Figures.- List of Abbreviations.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Formulation of Motion: Fillmore, Talmy, Langacker, Jackendoff, and Wierzbicka.- Chapter 3 Figure and Ground.- Chapter 4 Move, Path, and Manner: Patterns of Packaging Meaning in Form.- Chapter 5 Path and Move.- Chapter 6 Manner and Move.- Chapter 7 Motion Expression Pedagogy and Acquisition.- Appendix: The Cognitive Semantics of the Mandarin Preposition 向 XIÀNG.- References.