Grammaticalization and language change in Chinese : a formal view

Grammaticalization and language change in Chinese : a formal view / Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zoe Wu, Xiu-Zhi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2004.
Series:RoutledgeCurzon Asian linguistics series.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammaticalization.
Linguistic change > China.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammaticalization
Linguistic change
China
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The classifier ge : movement and reanalysis
  • Relative clause de : directionality, clausal raising and sentence-final particles
  • De in focus sentences : from d to t
  • Resultative constructions : directionality and reanalysis
  • Verbal le : aspect and tense
  • Post-word.

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