Grammaticalization And Language Change In Chinese

Author : Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134307268
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese written by Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative study on the phenomenon of 'grammaticalization' and its manifestation in Chinese provides new insights into language change in Chinese and a large number of grammatical topics. Grammaticalization occurs in all of the world's languages. Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu demonstrates general linguistic principles present and active in the phenomenon of grammaticalization whilst also describing the modelling of language in formal theoretical approaches to syntax; so this book fills two major gaps in the current study of linguistics. Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese illuminates how studies of language development and change provide special insights into the understanding of current, synchronic systems of language. Using patters from Chinese, the author establishes cross-linguistic generalizations about language change and grammaticalization. This book should be of great interest to Chinese linguists and readers interested in language change in different languages.

Author : Guangshun Cao
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110612984
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Contact and Change in Chinese written by Guangshun Cao and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book sheds light on the fascinating evolution of contact-induced grammatical features in Chinese syntax. For more than two thousand years, Chinese has been in large scale language contact with languages such as Sanskrit, Mongolian, and Manchurian. Originally published in Chinese in renowned academic journals, the contributions are made available for the first time to the English speaking world.

Author : Chaofen Sun
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804724180
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Word-Order Change and Grammaticalization in the History of Chinese written by Chaofen Sun and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this pioneering work is to make available to Chinese linguists, as well as linguists in general, the results of the most recent research - not only the author's but that of scholars all over the world - on two of the most discussed topics in the history of Chinese: word-order change and grammaticalization.

Author : Janet Zhiqun Xing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammaticalization of Verbs in Mandarin Chinese written by Janet Zhiqun Xing and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134307276
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese written by Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese illuminates how studies of language development and change provide special insights into the understanding of current, synchronic systems of language.

Author : Janet Zhiqun Xing
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110253003
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Newest Trends in the Study of Grammaticalization and Lexicalization in Chinese written by Janet Zhiqun Xing and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-04-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammaticalization and lexicalization have been two major issues in the study of diachronic change in the past few decades. Drawing evidence from Western languages, researchers have uncovered a number of characteristics of the process of grammaticalization and lexicalization, as well as the relationship between the two. However, the question remains whether or not those characteristics are applicable to genetically unrelated and typologically different languages, such as Chinese. The contributors of this volume attempt to answer just this question. Based on Chinese historical data from the past three thousand years, five articles in the volume investigate the development of a certain grammatical category: the definite article (M. Fang), modal verbs of volition (A. Peyraube and M. Li), the classifier class (J.Z. Xing), the repeater class (C. Zhang), and the process of lexicalization (X. Dong), while the remaining four articles are case studies of unique grammatical words which have all undergone a complicated process of grammaticalization and some involved lexicalization: the sentence particle ye (Q. Chen), the versatile directional verb lái (C. Liu), the degree adverb hen (M. Liu and C. Chang), and the giving verb gei (F. Tsao). All these studies have identified tendencies of diachronic change in Chinese and some of them have also revealed certain typological characteristics that Chinese has compared to other languages.

Author : David C. S. Li
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888390864
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chinese-English Contrastive Grammar written by David C. S. Li and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main objective of Chinese-English Contrastive Grammar: An Introduction is to familiarize the reader with a subset of the learning difficulties and common errors in ESL/EFL pronunciation and lexico-grammatical structures encountered by Chinese learners and users of English, in Hong Kong and beyond. It also helps readers understand some of the ways in which the Chinese language has undergone structural change as a result of Europeanization. The book begins with a review of Cantonese-English contrastive phonology and is followed by a detailed analysis of lexico-grammatical deviations found among Chinese ESL/EFL learners. It concludes with a brief history of the Europeanization of the Chinese language and a discussion of commonly encountered lingua-cultural problems encountered by Chinese users of English in intercultural communication settings. This book is written primarily for teachers and students specializing in language-related disciplines. Scholars who wish to understand the acquisitional challenges for Chinese students in the process of learning English as an additional language will also find the book an informative reference. ‘David C. S. Li and Zoe Pei-sui Luk’s brand new introduction to Chinese-English contrastive grammar covers a number of key topics and comes with copious data, abundant exemplification, and in-depth analyses. A must-read for all who are interested in the similarities and differences between the two languages, and why.’ —K. K. Luke, Nanyang Technological University ‘This is a book which has long been needed. Drawing on their own research and teaching experience, the authors have produced a linguistically accurate and insightful, but also very readable book. It should be required reading for language teachers in Hong Kong and the Greater China region.’ —Stephen Matthews, University of Hong Kong

Author : Yang Huang
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793630100
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Changing Languages of Guangxi, Southern China written by Yang Huang and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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"--

Author : Yongping Zhu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780773414709
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Analysis of Meaning and Syntactic Change in the Grammaticalization of Chinese Prepositions written by Yongping Zhu and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linguistic Analysis of Meaning and Syntactic Change in the Grammaticalization of Chinese Prepositions : Charting the Constraints of Locality on Language Development Through Three Millennia of Chinese Documents

Author : Alain Peyraube
Publisher : De Gruyter Mouton
ISBN 13 : 9783110714869
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammaticalization and Lexicalization in Chinese written by Alain Peyraube and published by De Gruyter Mouton. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Series Trends in Chinese Linguistics is initiated by De Gruyter Mouton in cooperation with Commercial Press to make outstanding Chinese papers translated into English available to the international research community. All the papers are selected carefully from the most recent issues of highly-ranked Chinese journals. The series focuses on core areas of Chinese linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. It is a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, and it integrates the research on Sinitic languages and other languages of China in the typological scholarship on language diversity, language convergence and language development. The topical books in the series reflect strong research trends currently relevant to linguists in China.