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The typology of motion events : an empirical study of Chinese dialects / Carine Yuk-man Yiu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yiu, Carine Yuk-man, 1973- author.
- Series:
- Empirical approaches to language typology ; volume 53.
- Empirical approaches to language typology, 0933-761X ; volume 53
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Direction in language.
- Chinese language--Dialects.
- Chinese language.
- Chinese language--Verb.
- Typology (Linguistics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (426 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This comprehensive study concentrates particularly on the use of a closed set of motion verbs in five of the major dialects, including Mandarin, Wú, Hakka, M?n and Cantonese. The author shows that these dialects form a continuum with some exhibiting more characteristics of a verb-framed language than the others. The phenomenon reflects the various stages of typological transformation and grammaticalization that the dialects have undergone.
- Contents:
- Directional verbs in modern Cantonese. A typological perspective
- Directional verbs in modern Chinese dialects. A synchronic perspective
- Directional verbs in early Chinese dialects. A diachronic perspective
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9783110341768
- 311034176X
- OCLC:
- 1002222205
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