Southern Min

Author : Weirong Chen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 50,5 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 : Bit-Chee Kwok
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317372769

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Southern Min by Bit-Chee Kwok Pdf

Southern Mǐn refers to a group of Chinese dialects spoken mainly in Southeast China and Taiwan. This group occupies a special position in the study of Chinese dialects, not only because of its large population of speakers (around 48 million) but also because of its preservation of various archaic linguistic features long lost in other dialects. In this book, B.C. Kwok applies the comparative method on new fieldwork data to reconstruct the common sound system of ‘Proto-Southern Mǐn’, from which all modern Southern Mǐn varieties emerged. The syllable initials, finals and tonal categories of Proto-Southern Mǐn are illustrated by more than 500 examples. In addition, this book offers an alternative view on the subgrouping of 12 Southern Mǐn varieties. It proposes that the Quánzhōu dialect and the Zhāngzhōu dialect form the two main branches of the dialect group. This book should be of great interest to advanced students and scholars in the fields of historical linguistics and Chinese dialectology.

Author : Charlotte Hoffmann,Jehannes Ytsma
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853596922

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Trilingualism in Family, School, and Community by Charlotte Hoffmann,Jehannes Ytsma Pdf

Countries in Africa, America, Asia and Europe provide the sociolinguistic contexts described in this volume. They involve settings where three or more languages are spoken and where speakers are trilingual. With the focus on family, school and the wider community, the book illustrates personal, social, cultural and political factors contributing to the acquisition and maintenance of trilingualism and highlights a rich pattern of trilingual language use.

Author : Picus Sizhi Ding
Publisher : Springer
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789812875945

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Southern Min (Hokkien) as a Migrating Language by Picus Sizhi Ding Pdf

This book presents multilingualism as a social phenomenon, which arises when speakers of a different language move to a new society and learn to speak the dominant language of the society. It offers case studies of Hokkien migrating families when they encounter new languages in Burma, Macao and San Francisco, showing how a family changes across generations from monolingual to bilingual/multilingual and back to monolingual. In the process language shift occurs as a result of transitional bilingualism. The dynamic status of Hokkien is also attested at the societal level in Singapore, Taiwan and south Fujian, the homeland of Hokkien.

Author : ZHENHE ZHOU,RUJIE YOU
Publisher : American Academic Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781631818844

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CHINESE DIALECTS AND CULTURE by ZHENHE ZHOU,RUJIE YOU Pdf

This book mainly focuses on the close relationship between Chinese dialects and Chinese culture. It reveals,on the one hand, a long, rich and splendid Chinese culture from the perspective of Chinese dialects; on the other hand, it unveils the evolution, the development of Chinese dialects as well as their diversity and charm at the cultural angle. By combining the study of Chinese dialects with that of the history of Chinese culture, the author attempts to explore the cultural background of Chinese dialects’ formation and evolution,and at the same time, the author attempts to view Chinese dialects as the key access to find solutions to related questions appeared in the history of Chinese culture. Thus, it not only opens a new research scope for the Chinese dialectology, but it also finds a new path for the study of cultural history. The book is the first of its kind to create the concept of cultural linguistics, which leads to a new era of combined research on both language and culture.

Author : Li Yuming,Li Wei
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110799750

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2016 by Li Yuming,Li Wei Pdf

China, with the world's largest population, numerous ethnic groups and vast geographical space, is also rich in languages. Since 2006, China's State Language Commission has been publishing annual reports on what is called "language life" in China. These reports cover language policy and planning invitatives at the national, provincial and local levels, new trends in language use in a variety of social domains, and major events concerning languages in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Now for the first time, these reports are available in English for anyone interested in Chinese languge and linguistics, China's language, education and social policies, as well as everyday language use among the ordinary people in China. The invaluable data contained in these reports provide an essential reference to researchers, professionals, policy makers, and China watchers.

Author : Chris Shei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781351819398

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The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Discourse Analysis by Chris Shei Pdf

Chinese is a discourse-oriented language and the underlying mechanisms of the language involve encoding and decoding so the language can be correctly delivered and understood. To date, there has been a lack of consolidation at the discourse level such that a reference framework for understanding the language in a top-down fashion is still underdeveloped. The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Discourse Analysis is the first to showcase the latest research in the field of Chinese discourse analysis to consolidate existing findings, put the language in both theoretical and socio-functional perspectives, offer guidance and insights for further research and inspire innovative ideas for exploring the Chinese language in the discourse domain. The book is aimed at both students and scholars researching in the areas of Chinese linguistics and discourse analysis.

Author : Tania Kouteva,Bernd Heine,Bo Hong,Haiping Long,Heiko Narrog,Seongha Rhee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107136243

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World Lexicon of Grammaticalization by Tania Kouteva,Bernd Heine,Bo Hong,Haiping Long,Heiko Narrog,Seongha Rhee Pdf

Based on analysis of more than 1,000 languages, this volume reconstructs more than 500 processes of grammatical change in the languages of the world.

Author : Jenny Yi-chun Kuo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-14
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789811010354

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Mandarin Development of Indonesian Immigrants’ Children by Jenny Yi-chun Kuo Pdf

This book summarizes the results a three-year longitudinal project on Mandarin development among children of Indonesian mothers, the second largest non-Mandarin speaking immigrant group in Taiwan. These children were acquiring their first language while interacting primarily with a non-native learner of the language. The book discusses phonological, lexical and syntactic development to provide a better understanding of the language development of the children of immigrants and has important implications for language education policy and language acquisition theories.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004473263

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Sinophone Southeast Asia by Anonim Pdf

This volume explores the diverse linguistic landscape of Southeast Asia’s Chinese communities. Based on archival research and previously unpublished linguistic fieldwork, it unearths a wide variety of language histories, linguistic practices, and trajectories of words. The localized and often marginalized voices we bring to the spotlight are quickly disappearing in the wake of standardization and homogenization, yet they tell a story that is uniquely Southeast Asian in its rich hybridity. Our comparative scope and focus on language, analysed in tandem with history and culture, adds a refreshing dimension to the broader field of Sino-Southeast Asian Studies.

Author : United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2544 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Energy conservation
ISBN : CUB:U183029290096

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Reports by United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Pdf

Author : Alice Vittrant,Justin Watkins
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110401981

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The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area by Alice Vittrant,Justin Watkins Pdf

This book lies at the crossroads of areal typology, language contact and genetic affiliation. Concerned with mainland Southeast Asia in particular, the various grammatical sketches lay emphasis on characteristics shared by unrelated languages.

Author : Andrew Simpson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0199267480

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Language and National Identity in Asia by Andrew Simpson Pdf

Language and National Identity in Asia is a comprehensive introduction to the role of language in the construction and development of nations and national identities in Asia. Leading scholars from all over the world investigate the role languages have played and now play in the formation of the national and social identity in countries throughout South, East, and Southeast Asia. They consider the relation of the regions' languages to national, ethnic, and cultural identity, and examine the status of and interactions between majority, official, and minority languages. Illustrated with maps and accessibly written this book will interest all those concerned to understand the dynamics of social change in some of the most important countries in the world. It will appeal to all those studying, researching, or teaching issues in Asian society, language, and politics from a comparative perspective.

Author : May H. Hsieh
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781469141022

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From Invisible to Visible: Stories of Taiwanese Hakka Heritage Teachers' Journeys by May H. Hsieh Pdf

From invisible to visible: Stories of Taiwanese Hakka heritage teachers journeys is a study exploring teachers views and experiences with Hakka heritage language education and instruction in Taiwan. These teachers are involved in Taiwans current heritage language program and also experienced the Mandarin Movement which started several decades ago. Data for this qualitative study was collected from interviews with 10 Hakka teachers involved in Hakka heritage language instruction in elementary schools in Taiwan. The research findings indicate that the heritage language program reinforces the value of Hakka culture and Hakka identity. In addition, this study shows that the Mandarin Movement demonstrated the elementary schools important role in the cultivation of students language use habits and perceptions toward the various Taiwanese languages.

Author : Sin-Wai Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317382492

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The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language by Sin-Wai Chan Pdf

The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language is an invaluable resource for language learners and linguists of Chinese worldwide, those interested readers of Chinese literature and cultures, and scholars in Chinese studies. Featuring the research on the changing landscape of the Chinese language by a number of eminent academics in the field, this volume will meet the academic, linguistic and pedagogical needs of anyone interested in the Chinese language: from Sinologists to Chinese linguists, as well as teachers and learners of Chinese as a second language. The encyclopedia explores a range of topics: from research on oracle bone and bronze inscriptions, to Chinese language acquisition, to the language of the mass media. This reference offers a guide to shifts over time in thinking about the Chinese language as well as providing an overview of contemporary themes, debates and research interests. The editors and contributors are assisted by an editorial board comprised of the best and most experienced sinologists world-wide. The reference includes an introduction, written by the editor, which places the assembled texts in their historical and intellectual context. The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital research resource.