Sinitic Grammar - Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives

Zusatztext The first book in English to present cutting edge analyses on the grammar of little-explored Chinese languages and dialects ... the book is made accessible to a general readership in addition to specialists within the field. Informationen zum Autor Hilary Chappell is a senior lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at La Trobe University, Melbourne. During the last six years, she has embarked upon the first large scale typological study of grammatical diversity in Sinitic (Chinese) languages. She has carried out field work and research in China (2 years) and Taiwan (1 year), initially studying at Beijing University.Her publications include a jointly edited volume with William McGregor entitled 'The Grammar of Inalienability' (Mouton de Gruyter, 1995) which has become a standard reference in typology on the topic of grammatical possession. She has also published over 30 book chapters and articles on topics in the grammar of Chinese languages. Klappentext This is the first book in English to present cutting edge analyses on the grammar of little-explored Chinese languages and dialects. The contributors challenge the view that standard Mandarin should be taken as representative of all Chinese languages. By providing all necessary background information to the language covered in each chapter, in addition to full transcription and translation of all Chinese character examples, the book is made accessible to a generalreadership in addition to specialists within the field. Zusammenfassung The aim of this study of Sinitic grammar is to meld historical and typological approaches in the examination of grammatical phenomena in order to show the extent to which both earlier stages of Chinese, as well as the modern dialects, differ from standard Mandarin.

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• Authors: Hilary Chappell, Hilary (Senior Lecturer in the Departmen Chappell
• Assisted by: Hilary Chappell (Editor), Hilary (Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics Chappell (Editor), Chappell Hilary (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2001
• EAN: 9780198299776
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829977-6
• No. of pages: 425
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); China, Grammatik, Syntax und Morphologie, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese, Chinese, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Historical and comparative linguistics