Changing Languages of Guangxi, Southern China - A Contact-Induced Grammaticalization Approach

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.

Table des matières

Chapter One: Geographic and Historical Background
Chapter Two: Polyfunctionality of the Finish Verb in Nanning Yue
Chapter Three: Finish Verbs in Other Southern Guangxi Languages
Chapter Four: Contact-Induced Grammatical Change
Chapter Five: Mainland Southeast Asia: A Linguistic Area

A propos de l'auteur

Yang Huang is associate professor in linguistics at Southwest Jiaotong University.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Yang Huang
• Edition: Lexington Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781793630094
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-009-4
• Pages: 300
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Autres langues / Autres littératures; China, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Guangxi, Historical and comparative linguistics, Sino-Tibetan languages