The Diachronic Development of Modal Expressions in Chinese : From Late Archaic to Middle Chinese / Barbara Meisterernst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meisterernst, Barbara.

Series:

Studies in Language Change [SLC] Series

Studies in Language Change [SLC] Series ; v.18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese language--Grammaticalization.

Chinese language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, Inc., [2025]

Summary:

The present study is the first to apply a syntactic approach to the grammaticalization of Chinese modals, based on hypotheses on cross-linguistic diachronic developments of modals from lexical to functional categories as upward movement on a functional spine.The temporal framework of the study covers Late Archaic and Middle Chinese.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 The different modal categories in Late Archaic and Early Middle Chinese and their realization

2 The diachronic development of deontic modals in Early Middle Chinese

3 Modality and future marking in Late Archaic and Middle Chinese

4 Postverbal modals: The case of De

5 More on negation and polarity

6 A brief overview on the cross-linguistic development of modals

Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783110733013

3110733013

OCLC:

1467878466