Sinitic Grammar Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives,9780198299776

Sinitic Grammar Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives

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ISBN13: 9780198299776
ISBN10: 019829977X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-02-07
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

This is an anthology on topics in the grammar of Chinese (Sinitic) languages. Its aim is to meld historical and typological approaches in the examination of grammatical phenomena in order to show the extent to which both earlier stages of Chinese, as well as the modern dialects, differ from standard Mandarin. With this purpose in mind, each author has provided important background information on the Chinese language, dialect, or historical period under investigation. The introduction provides an up-to-date description of Sinitic languages in terms of history and geography, placing the goals of the volume into perspective. A dialect map of China and a summary of each chapter is also provided.

Author Biography


Hilary Chappell is a senior lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at La Trobe University, Melbourne. During the last six years, she has embarked upon the first large scale typological study of grammatical diversity in Sinitic (Chinese) languages. She has carried out field work and research in China (2 years) and Taiwan (1 year), initially studying at Beijing University.
Her publications include a jointly edited volume with William McGregor entitled 'The Grammar of Inalienability' (Mouton de Gruyter, 1995) which has become a standard reference in typology on the topic of grammatical possession. She has also published over 30 book chapters and articles on topics in the grammar of Chinese languages.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
List of Figures and Map
ix
List of Tables
x
Notes on Contributors xiv
Conventions Used in this Book xviii
List of Abbreviations
xxii
Acknowledgements xxv
Part I: Introduction 1(28)
Synchrony and Diachrony of Sinitic Languages: A Brief History of Chinese Dialects
3(26)
Hilary Chappell
Part II: Typological and Comparative Grammar 29(92)
The Development of Locative Markers in the Changsha Xiang Dialect
31(25)
Yunji Wu
A Typology of Evidential Markers in Sinitic Languages
56(29)
Hilary Chappell
Verb Complement Constructions in Chinese Dialects: Types and Markers
85(36)
Christine Lamarre
Part III: Historical and Diachronic Grammar 121(68)
Vestiges of Archaic Chinese Derivational Affixes in Modern Chinese Dialects
123(20)
Laurent Sagart
Markers of Predication in Shang Bone Inscriptions
143(29)
Redouane Djamouri
On the Modal Auxiliaries of Volition in Classical Chinese
172(17)
Alain Peyraube
Part IV: Yue Grammar 189(94)
The Interrogative Construction: (Re)constructing Early Cantonese Grammar
191(41)
Hung-Nin Samuel Cheung
The Verb Complement Construction in Historical Perspective with Special Reference to Cantonese
232(34)
Anne Yue
Aspects of Contemporary Cantonese Grammar: The Structure and Stratification of Relative Clauses
266(17)
Stephen Matthews
Virginia Yip
Part V: Southern Min Grammar 283(86)
Semantics and Syntax of Verbal and Adjectival Reduplication in Mandarin and Taiwanese Southern Min
285(24)
Feng-fu Tsao
Competing Morphological Changes in Taiwanese Southern Min
309(31)
Chinfa Lien
Aspects of Historical-Comparative Syntax: Functions of Prepositions in Taiwanese and Mandarin
340(29)
Ying-Che Li
Bibliography 369(20)
Index of Languages, Dialects, and Places 389(3)
Author Index 392(2)
General Subject Index 394

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