A Synchronic and Diachronic Study of the Grammar of the Chinese Xiang Dialects /

A Synchronic and Diachronic Study of the Grammar of the Chinese Xiang Dialects / / Yunji Wu.

This is the first book in Chinese linguistics which discusses the grammar of a dialect group, in this case the Xiang dialect spoken in Hunan, from both a synchronic and diachronic prespective. The author uses new data and new frameworks to present her analysis. The synchronic part covers contemporar...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Wu, Yunji,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]
©2005
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 162
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Physical Description:1 online resource (438 p.) :; 8 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • I-IV
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Tables and maps
  • Key to symbols
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The spoken language of the Xiang dialects
  • Chapter 2. Written language of the Xiang dialects
  • Chapter 3. Morphology and its evolution in the Xiang dialects
  • Chapter 4. Pronouns and their evolution in the Xiang dialects
  • Chapter 5. Adverbs and their evolution in the Xiang dialects
  • Chapter 6. The evolution of passive and disposal constructions in the Xiang Dialects
  • Chapter 7. Aspectual markers and their evolution in the Xiang dialects
  • Chapter 8. The evolution of structural particles in the Xiang dialects
  • Chapter 9. The modal particles in the Xiang dialects and their evolution
  • Chapter 10. The evolution of double-object and 催 de constructions in the Xiang dialects
  • Final remarks
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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