Studies in Prosodic Grammar is a cutting-edge work of the research on Chinese prosody and grammar. Taking prosody as the starting point, this series explores and researches the interactions between prosody and grammar from different perspectives, in order to further excavate and explore the deep-seated internal laws of prosody grammar and to reveal the close correlation between the two.

Studies in Prosodic Grammar (Volume 12) contains a total of 6 articles. The main content includes examining the explanatory role of the inapplicability of microparameters and the prosodic variables in linguistic differences by integrating relevant theories of prosodic grammar research, teaching adjectives in second language textbooks, and related phonological phenomena in Beijing dialect, Weihai dialect, minority languages, and Old Chinese, such as the change to the first tone (yīnpíng), the evolution of intonation and modal particles, and the mechanisms and motivations for preposition omission in ditransitive construction, etc.

Feng Shengli is a professor, postdoctoral co-supervisor and director of the “Zhang Taiyan - Huang Kan” Academic Thought and Theory Institute, Faculty of Linguistic Science, Beijing Language and Culture University. Professor Feng is a Distinguished Professor of Beijing Normal University, Chief Professor of the Language Science Centre of Tianjin University, Visiting Professor of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Hong Kong Shue Yan University, and Honorary Retired Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research mainly focuses on “Libi” Theory of Qianjia and “Zhang Taiyan - Huang Kan” Academic Thought and Theory, exegesis, metrical grammar, stylistic grammar, chronological syntax, metrical literature, and teaching methodology of Chinese as a foreign language. He is the author of A Dictionary of 800 Pairs of Monosyllabic vs. Disyllabic Synonyms in Mandarin, Chinese Prosodic Grammar Course, Questions and Answers on Chinese Prosodic Grammar, and Chinese Prosodic Syntax.

Ma Qiuwu is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Beijing Language and Culture University. He has a B.A. and M.A. in English from Tianjin Normal University, and a Ph.D. from Beijing Normal University. Professor Ma is currently one of the chief editors of Studies in Prosodic Grammar, a member of the editorial board of Contemporary Linguistics, Linguistics & Applied Linguistics, and Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, the fifth and sixth vice-presidents of the Society on Modernization of Chinese Language, the chairman of the Professional Committee of Phonology, the founding chairman of the Research Branch of Chinese Language International Communication, the second and third members of the National Translation Degree Teaching Steering Committee, the chairman of the Sixth World Prosodic Conference, and an expert of the Ministry of Education’s Undergraduate Teaching Qualification Assessment and Audit Assessment. His research mainly focuses on phonetics and foreign language teaching theory. He has presided over and completed 6 scientific research projects at provincial and ministerial levels, and has published more than 100 academic papers in journals such as Chinese Language, Contemporary Linguistics, Linguistics & Applied Linguistics, and Foreign Language Teaching and Research, as well as 30 monographs and translations.

Studies in Prosodic Grammar (Volume 12) brings together cutting-edge achievements in prosodic grammar research. The papers collected in this volume conduct comprehensive analyses of various linguistic phenomena in ancient Chinese, modern Chinese, and minority languages based on solid linguistic materials and in combination with the theoretical framework of prosodic grammar research. Conducting linguistic research from the prosodic perspective represents an innovation beyond traditional research approaches, offering readers a refreshing and insightful experience.

This book is recommended for graduate students and teachers interested in the study of prosodic grammar.