This paper attempts to integrate linguistic research with language teaching, taking ranhou as
a case study. It first explores the discourse functions of ranhou. Three functions have thus …

This paper examines two emerging discourse uses, topic-shifting and trail-off, of a temporal
conjunction ranhou in spontaneous Mandarin conversation. Unlike traditional approaches …

This paper first discusses three discourse functions of ranhou, which are typically
overlooked in Mandarin teaching, ie turn-constructional unit extension, turn continuation and …

This study investigated prosodic realization of discourse topic by comparing professional
and non-professional speakers' production of four discourses. In each discourse, the target …

Highlights•The sentential intonation plays a vital role in delimitating sentencehood in
Chinese.•The flowing sentence should be treated as a sequence of juxtaposed …

The current paper reports on a study investigating the prosodic features of the Chinese
discourse marker haole. The data were collected from 14 native Chinese speakers who …

The current paper reports on a study investigating the prosodic features of the Chinese
discourse marker haole. The data were collected from 14 native Chinese speakers who …

This study investigates Mandarin discourse markers from both functional and prosodic
perspectives. Discourse markers are defined as sequentially dependent elements which …

This study briefly describes the prosodic and pragmatic characteristics of the discourse
marker ni zhidao (“you know”) in spoken Chinese. It mainly explores the interaction between …

The concept of semantic prosody has attracted great research interest in language teaching.
Identifying learners' perception of semantic prosody and collocation may be beneficial to …