A Grammar Of Shaowu

Author : Sing Sing Ngai
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 733 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501512483

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A Grammar of Shaowu by Sing Sing Ngai Pdf

This is the first comprehensive grammar of Shaowu, a Min language spoken in Shaowu city and its environs in northwestern Fujian province, China. The book offers first-hand linguistic data collected over four years in the field, now placed at the disposal of researchers and students working in language documentation, comparative linguistics and Sinitic typology. It can serve as a reference grammar for those interested in learning the Shaowu language, thereby helping to preserve it. In addition, the book provides insights into Shaowu's classification which has been widely debated, thus elucidating its genetic affiliation. The book first presents Shaowu's geography, demography and history. It then profiles the language's phonology and lexicon, before providing a detailed description of its syntax, notably on its nominal, predicate, clausal and complex sentence structures, which are the focus of the book. The typological profile of Shaowu is also treated with the conclusion that the language has Gan, Hakka, Mandarin and even some Wu overlays on its Min base. The Shaowu language serves an excellent example to illustrate the degree of hybridity a language can attain due to intensive language contact over time.

Author : Sing Sing Ngai
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 773 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501512308

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A Grammar of Shaowu by Sing Sing Ngai Pdf

This is the first comprehensive grammar of Shaowu, a Min language spoken in Shaowu city and its environs in northwestern Fujian province, China. The book offers first-hand linguistic data collected over four years in the field, now placed at the disposal of researchers and students working in language documentation, comparative linguistics and Sinitic typology. It can serve as a reference grammar for those interested in learning the Shaowu language, thereby helping to preserve it. In addition, the book provides insights into Shaowu's classification which has been widely debated, thus elucidating its genetic affiliation. The book first presents Shaowu's geography, demography and history. It then profiles the language's phonology and lexicon, before providing a detailed description of its syntax, notably on its nominal, predicate, clausal and complex sentence structures, which are the focus of the book. The typological profile of Shaowu is also treated with the conclusion that the language has Gan, Hakka, Mandarin and even some Wu overlays on its Min base. The Shaowu language serves an excellent example to illustrate the degree of hybridity a language can attain due to intensive language contact over time.

Author : Weirong Chen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501511868

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A Grammar of Southern Min by Weirong Chen Pdf

Southern Min (also known as Hokkien or Minnan) is a major branch of Chinese spoken mainly in Fujian and Taiwan, but also in Guangdong, Hainan and Hong Kong, as well as in many countries of Southeast Asia. Highly conservative in its linguistic profile, it is considered by many scholars to be a living language fossil due to the preservation of many archaic features that reflect its long-lasting history and culture. Yet to date there has been no comprehensive study of Southern Min using a typological framework, as the tendency is to base analyses on the model of Mandarin Chinese, the standard language. This grammar aims to present a systematic description of the Hui'an variety of Southern Min, mainly based on data collected via naturally occurring conversation. The volume includes four parts: nominal structure, predicate structure, clause structure and complex sentences, as well as a brief overview of phonology. It will have great appeal for heritage speakers, graduate students and scholars in both Chinese linguistics and typology.

Author : Hilary M. Chappell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191035739

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Diversity in Sinitic Languages by Hilary M. Chappell Pdf

This book presents new research into the great structural diversity found in Sinitic languages. While many studies focus principally on Standard Mandarin, this work draws on extensive empirical data from lesser-known languages, and seeks to dispel many recurrent linguistic myths about the Sinitic language family. Part I presents findings that show the important interplay of research into diachronic linguistics and typology in China, beginning with a discussion of how to tackle the issue of linguistic diversity in Sinitic languages. Chapters in Part II examine the Sinitic languages from a crosslinguistic perspective with pan-Sinitic explorations of demonstrative paradigms; bare classifier phrases in relation to the coding of definiteness; and of the diachronic development of two main structures for comparatives of inequality with respect to issues in language contact. Part III is devoted to individual studies of linguistic micro-areas in China: Pinghua and the Guangxi Autonomous Region in the far South of China; Shaowu Min in the northwestern corner of Fujian province; the Wu dialect of Fuyang; and the Hui'an Southern Min dialect in the South of Fujian province.

Author : Chris Donlay
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110765809

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A Grammar of Khatso by Chris Donlay Pdf

This is the first grammar in English of Khatso, an endangered language spoken in a single farming village in China by descendants of Kublai Khan’s Mongol soldiers. Based on natural language from dozens of speakers, this analysis captures the way Khatso is spoken in daily life. As a result, it is the most comprehensive description of Khatso yet, providing an in-depth look at the features, structures and systems that comprise this unique language.

Author : Guillaume Jacques
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 1596 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961103058

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A grammar of Japhug by Guillaume Jacques Pdf

Japhug is a vulnerable Gyalrongic language, which belongs to the Trans-Himalayan (Sino-Tibetan) family. It is spoken by several thousand speakers in Mbarkham county, Rngaba district, Sichuan province, China. This grammar is the result of nearly 20 years of fieldwork on one variety of Japhug, based on a corpus of narratives and conversations, a large part of which is available from the Pangloss Collection. It covers the whole grammar of the language, and the text examples provide a unique insight into Gyalrong culture. It was written with a general linguistics audience in mind, and should prove useful not only to specialists of Trans-Himalayan historical linguistics and typologists, but also to anthropologists doing research in Gyalrong areas. It is also hoped that some readers will use it to learn Japhug and pursue research on this fascinating language in the future.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Chinese language
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Grammar of Spoken Chinese by Anonim Pdf

Author : Yip Po-Ching,Don Rimmington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317556466

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Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar by Yip Po-Ching,Don Rimmington Pdf

Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to Chinese grammar which presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Chinese. The volume is organized to promote a thorough understanding of Chinese grammar. It offers a stimulating analysis of the complexities of the language and provides full and clear explanations. Throughout, the emphasis is on Chinese as used by present-day native speakers. An extensive index and numbered paragraphs provide readers with easy access to the information they require. The new edition features a revised and expanded chapter on prosody (Prosody and Syntax), as well as four completely new chapters: • Morphology and Syntax (I) looks at Chinese word formation • Morphology and Syntax (II) explores the interaction between words, expressions and sentences • Intralingual Transpositions reviews the possible conversions between sentential constructions • Interlingual Conversions examines the differences between Chinese and English. The Grammar is an essential reference source for the adult learner and user of Chinese. It is ideal for independent study and for use in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes, up to an advanced level.

Author : Adam Sposato
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110764932

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A Grammar of Xong by Adam Sposato Pdf

Despite the fact that Miao-Yao (or Hmong-Mien) is one of the major language families of East and Southeast Asia, this work is only the second full-length descriptive grammar of any Miao-Yao language published in English. It focuses on Xong, a language belonging to the Miao branch of the family. Xong has approximately 900,000 speakers, the vast majority lives in Hunan and Guizhou Provinces in South-Central China. In particular, this description concentrates on several fully mutually intelligible Xong varieties spoken in Fenghuang County, located in the Hunan Province. In producing this work, the author primarily relies on the fieldwork data he collected over a period of ten months in Fenghuang County. He also made use of many of the previously published Chinese-language descriptions of Xong. The results are of use to scholars with an interest in the Miao-Yao family in particular or in the languages of East and Southeast Asia more in general.

Author : Yuen Ren Chao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1156 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Chinese language
ISBN : MINN:31951001770148I

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A Grammar of Spoken Chinese by Yuen Ren Chao Pdf

Author : George Kam Wah Mak
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004316300

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Protestant Bible Translation and Mandarin as the National Language of China by George Kam Wah Mak Pdf

Looking into the translation, publication, circulation and use of the Mandarin Bible, this book examines the relationship between Protestant Bible translation and the development of Mandarin into the national language of China during the late Qing and Republican era.

Author : David Bradley
Publisher : De Gruyter Mouton
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110401487

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A Grammar of Lisu by David Bradley Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive grammar of Lisu, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in southwestern China, northern Burma, northern Thailand and northeastern India by over a million people. It provides a typological overview of Lisu grammar, an outline of the dialectal differences within Lisu and how they developed, and an overview of traditional and modern Lisu literature and culture.

Author : Jeroen Wiedenhof
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027267757

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A Grammar of Mandarin by Jeroen Wiedenhof Pdf

A fascinating description of a global language, A Grammar of Mandarin combines broad perspectives with illuminating depth. Crammed with examples from everyday conversations, it aims to let the language speak for itself. The book opens with an overview of the language situation and a thorough account of Mandarin speech sounds. Nine core chapters explore syntactic, morphological and lexical dimensions. A final chapter traces the Chinese character script from oracle-bone inscriptions to today’s digital pens. This work will cater to language learners and linguistic specialists alike. Easy reference is provided by more than eighty tables, figures, appendices, and a glossary. The main text is enriched by sections in finer print, offering further analysis and reflection. Example sentences are fully glossed, translated, and explained from diverse angles, with a keen eye for recent linguistic change. This grammar, in short, reveals a Mandarin language in full swing.

Author : William Lobscheid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:758895310

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Grammar of the Chinese Language by William Lobscheid Pdf

Author : Charles N. Li,Sandra A. Thompson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1981-07-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780520042865

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Mandarin Chinese by Charles N. Li,Sandra A. Thompson Pdf

This reference grammar provides, for the first time, a description of the grammar of Mandarin Chinese, the official spoken language of China and Taiwan, in functional terms, focusing on the role and meanings of word-level and sentence-level structures in actual conversations.