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Author | : Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2004-08-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1134307268 |
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This innovative study on the phenomenon of 'grammaticalization' and its manifestation in Chinese provides new insights into language change in Chinese and a large number of grammatical topics. Grammaticalization occurs in all of the world's languages. Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu demonstrates general linguistic principles present and active in the phenomenon of grammaticalization whilst also describing the modelling of language in formal theoretical approaches to syntax; so this book fills two major gaps in the current study of linguistics. Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese illuminates how studies of language development and change provide special insights into the understanding of current, synchronic systems of language. Using patters from Chinese, the author establishes cross-linguistic generalizations about language change and grammaticalization. This book should be of great interest to Chinese linguists and readers interested in language change in different languages.
Author | : Guangshun Cao |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2019-08-05 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110612984 |
Download Language Contact and Change in Chinese Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The book sheds light on the fascinating evolution of contact-induced grammatical features in Chinese syntax. For more than two thousand years, Chinese has been in large scale language contact with languages such as Sanskrit, Mongolian, and Manchurian. Originally published in Chinese in renowned academic journals, the contributions are made available for the first time to the English speaking world.
Author | : Chaofen Sun |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780804724180 |
Download Word-Order Change and Grammaticalization in the History of Chinese Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The goal of this pioneering work is to make available to Chinese linguists, as well as linguists in general, the results of the most recent research - not only the author's but that of scholars all over the world - on two of the most discussed topics in the history of Chinese: word-order change and grammaticalization.
Author | : Janet Zhiqun Xing |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Chinese language |
ISBN | : |
Download Grammaticalization of Verbs in Mandarin Chinese Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2004-08-02 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1134307276 |
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Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese illuminates how studies of language development and change provide special insights into the understanding of current, synchronic systems of language.
Author | : Janet Zhiqun Xing |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2012-04-02 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110253003 |
Download Newest Trends in the Study of Grammaticalization and Lexicalization in Chinese Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Grammaticalization and lexicalization have been two major issues in the study of diachronic change in the past few decades. Drawing evidence from Western languages, researchers have uncovered a number of characteristics of the process of grammaticalization and lexicalization, as well as the relationship between the two. However, the question remains whether or not those characteristics are applicable to genetically unrelated and typologically different languages, such as Chinese. The contributors of this volume attempt to answer just this question. Based on Chinese historical data from the past three thousand years, five articles in the volume investigate the development of a certain grammatical category: the definite article (M. Fang), modal verbs of volition (A. Peyraube and M. Li), the classifier class (J.Z. Xing), the repeater class (C. Zhang), and the process of lexicalization (X. Dong), while the remaining four articles are case studies of unique grammatical words which have all undergone a complicated process of grammaticalization and some involved lexicalization: the sentence particle ye (Q. Chen), the versatile directional verb lái (C. Liu), the degree adverb hen (M. Liu and C. Chang), and the giving verb gei (F. Tsao). All these studies have identified tendencies of diachronic change in Chinese and some of them have also revealed certain typological characteristics that Chinese has compared to other languages.
Author | : David C. S. Li |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2017-07-03 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9888390864 |
Download Chinese-English Contrastive Grammar Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The main objective of Chinese-English Contrastive Grammar: An Introduction is to familiarize the reader with a subset of the learning difficulties and common errors in ESL/EFL pronunciation and lexico-grammatical structures encountered by Chinese learners and users of English, in Hong Kong and beyond. It also helps readers understand some of the ways in which the Chinese language has undergone structural change as a result of Europeanization. The book begins with a review of Cantonese-English contrastive phonology and is followed by a detailed analysis of lexico-grammatical deviations found among Chinese ESL/EFL learners. It concludes with a brief history of the Europeanization of the Chinese language and a discussion of commonly encountered lingua-cultural problems encountered by Chinese users of English in intercultural communication settings. This book is written primarily for teachers and students specializing in language-related disciplines. Scholars who wish to understand the acquisitional challenges for Chinese students in the process of learning English as an additional language will also find the book an informative reference. ‘David C. S. Li and Zoe Pei-sui Luk’s brand new introduction to Chinese-English contrastive grammar covers a number of key topics and comes with copious data, abundant exemplification, and in-depth analyses. A must-read for all who are interested in the similarities and differences between the two languages, and why.’ —K. K. Luke, Nanyang Technological University ‘This is a book which has long been needed. Drawing on their own research and teaching experience, the authors have produced a linguistically accurate and insightful, but also very readable book. It should be required reading for language teachers in Hong Kong and the Greater China region.’ —Stephen Matthews, University of Hong Kong
Author | : Yang Huang |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1793630100 |
Download The Changing Languages of Guangxi, Southern China Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"By examining the development of "finish" morphemes in Sinitic and Zhuang Tai-Kadai through the interplay between grammaticalization and language contact, this book argues that Central Southern Guangxi constitutes a unique micro-linguistic area"--
Author | : Yongping Zhu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Chinese language |
ISBN | : 9780773414709 |
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Linguistic Analysis of Meaning and Syntactic Change in the Grammaticalization of Chinese Prepositions : Charting the Constraints of Locality on Language Development Through Three Millennia of Chinese Documents
Author | : Kristin Davidse |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2012-10-30 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027273235 |
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This collective volume focuses on the latest developments in the study of grammaticalization and related processes of change such as degrammaticalization, constructionalization, lexicalization, and petrification. It addresses topical issues relating to the motivations, sources, defining features, and outcomes of these changes. New theoretical reflections are offered on the pragmatic motivation of grammaticalization paths, process-oriented differences between grammaticalization, lexicalization and degrammaticalization, the question of gradualness and pace of grammaticalization, and deictics as a distinct source of grammaticalization. The articles describe various constructional and distributional changes affecting deictics, determiners, reflexives, clitics, nouns, affixes, adverbs and (auxiliary) verbs, mainly in the Germanic and Romance languages. The volume will be of great interest to historical linguists working on grammaticalization and related changes, and to all linguists working on the interface between morphosyntax, semantics, pragmatics and discourse.