Jin Chinese Grammar

In providing an analysis of the grammar of the dialect of seven counties along the Yellow River, this two-volume set synchronically and diachronically studies the Jin dialect of China's Northern Shaanxi Province.

List of contents

Volume 1 1. Introduction 2. Pronouns 3. Aspect and Appearance 4. Tense Volume 2 5. Subjunctive Mood 6. Expressions of Complex Sentence Relationship 7. Embedded Sentence Patterns with Ba-construction and Jiao-construction 8. A-not-A Questions 9. The Formation of Imperative Modal Particle “Zhe” in Modern Chinese Dialects 10. Sound Variation of Grammatical Constituents 11. Strengthening Diachronic Comparative Study on Chinese Dialectal Grammar

About the author

Xing Xiangdong is a professor in the College of Arts at Shaanxi Normal University, China. His research and work focus on Chinese dialects, especially dialects of Northwestern China.

Summary

In providing an analysis of the grammar of the dialect of seven counties along the Yellow River, this two-volume set synchronically and diachronically studies the Jin dialect of China’s Northern Shaanxi Province.

Product details

• Authors: XING XIANGDONG
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 26.08.2024, delayed
• EAN: 9781032357799
• ISBN: 978-1-032-35779-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Weight: 830 g
• Illustrations: Farb., s/w. Abb.
• Series: Chinese Linguistics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics