Diachronic Perspectives and Synchronic Variation in Southern Min PDF
Edited by Chinfa Lien, Alain Peyraube
Part of the Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics series
Description
Diachronic Perspectives and Synchronic Variation in Southern Min aims to address a range of grammatical phenomena in Southern Min.
The Sinitic languages show divergence not only in phonology but also in grammar.
Together with Hakka, Yue and part of Wu, Min forms the two major Southern groups of Far Southern and Southeastern languages.
There is a range of grammatical phenomena in Southern Min addressed here; the themes and theoretical issues covered in this book touch on a wide range of grammatical patterns of Southern Min from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives including comparatives, obligative and dynamic modals, formation of coordinate conjunctions from the comitative marker, the benefactive marker, the rise of the continuative aspect marker, grammaticalization of the verb of saying into a complementizer and purposives in Southern Min. This book is aimed at researchers and scholars working on and interested in Chinese linguistics.
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- Pages:256 pages, 29 Tables, black and white; 19 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Halftones, black and whi
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:05/03/2020
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:256 pages, 29 Tables, black and white; 19 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Halftones, black and whi
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:05/03/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781000030068
