Studies in Yue Dialects 1

Studies in Yue Dialects 1
Author: Oi-kan Yue Hashimoto
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 782
Release: 1972-03-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0521084423

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This 1972 text examining the phonology of Cantonese is the first in a series of dialect studies by the Princeton Chinese Linguistics Project.

Studies in Yue Dialects

Studies in Yue Dialects
Author: Oi-kan Yue Hashimoto
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Release: 1972
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Studies in Yue Dialects

Studies in Yue Dialects
Author: Oi-kan Yue Hashimoto
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Total Pages: 755
Release: 1972
Genre: Chinese language
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Studies in Yue Dialects

Studies in Yue Dialects
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Release: 1972
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Chinese Language(s)

Chinese Language(s)
Author: Maria Kurpaska
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2010
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 311021914X

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"The book uncovers the role The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects plays in analyzing the spectrum of linguistic differentiation in China. The author starts by sketching the development and current state of Chinese dialectology and dialectal research. She then provides an analysis of the Dictionary and of the kind of information it provides. Looking at Chinese dialectology from a Western point of view, the author aims to understand and present the Chinese perspective"--Provided by publisher.

Modern Cantonese Phonology

Modern Cantonese Phonology
Author: Robert S. Bauer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 613
Release: 2011-07-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110823705

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

Studies in Ancient Greek Dialects

Studies in Ancient Greek Dialects
Author: Georgios K. Giannakis
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2017-12-18
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3110531259

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A new collective volume with over twenty important studies on less well-studied dialects of ancient Greek, particularly of the northern regions. The book covers geographically a broad area of the classical Greek world ranging from Central Greece to the overseas Greek colonies of Thrace and the Black Sea. Particular emphasis is placed on the epichoric varieties of areas on the northern fringe of the classical Greek world, including Thessaly, Epirus and Macedonia. Recent advances in research are taken into consideration in providing state-of-the art accounts of these understudied dialects, but also of more well-known dialects like Lesbian. In addition, other papers address special intriguing topics in these, but also in other dialects, such as Thessalian, Lesbian and Ionic, or focus on important multi-dialectal corpora such as the oracular tablets from Dodona. Finally, a number of studies examine broader topics like the supraregional Doric koinai or the concept of dialect continuum, or even explore the possibility of an ancient Balkansprachbund, which included Greek too. This new reference work covers a gap in current research and will be indispensable for people interested in Greek dialectology and ancient Greek in general.

Cantonese GIVE and Double-Object Construction

Cantonese GIVE and Double-Object Construction
Author: Andy Chi-on Chin
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2022-06-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027257809

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GIVE is a versatile morpheme in many languages. While there have been extensive studies on the interplay between the syntax and semantics of GIVE in many languages, not much has been done in a similar manner on Cantonese, a member of the Yue dialect group of the Chinese language family. This monograph reports on the study of GIVE and its associated functions and syntactic constructions in Cantonese from diachronic, synchronic, and typological perspectives. Drawing on cross-linguistic data, and 19th century Cantonese dialect materials, this study first traces the chronological development of the various functions played by GIVE in Cantonese. It then examines the double-object construction. Besides the typological features of this construction in Cantonese, this study investigates the use of the northern pattern in Cantonese as a result of the increasing influence of Putonghua and Modern Standard Chinese by means of a sociolinguistic survey with 40 native speakers of Cantonese.

The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics

The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics
Author: William S-Y Wang
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 792
Release: 2015-02-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0190266848

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The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics offers a broad and comprehensive coverage of the entire field from a multi-disciplinary perspective. All chapters are contributed by leading scholars in their respective areas. This Handbook contains eight sections: history, languages and dialects, language contact, morphology, syntax, phonetics and phonology, socio-cultural aspects and neuro-psychological aspects. It provides not only a diachronic view of how languages evolve, but also a synchronic view of how languages in contact enrich each other by borrowing new words, calquing loan translation and even developing new syntactic structures. It also accompanies traditional linguistic studies of grammar and phonology with empirical evidence from psychology and neurocognitive sciences. In addition to research on the Chinese language and its major dialect groups, this handbook covers studies on sign languages and non-Chinese languages, such as the Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan.

A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic

A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic
Author: Geoffrey Khan
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2015-11-02
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9004305041

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Being direct descendants of the Aramaic spoken by the Jews in antiquity, the still spoken Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialects of Kurdistan deserve special and vivid interest. Geoffrey Khan’s A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic is a unique record of one of these dialects, now on the verge of extinction. This volume, the result of extensive fieldwork, contains a description of the dialect spoken by the Jews from the region of Arbel (Iraqi Kurdistan), together with a transcription of recorded texts and a glossary. The grammar consists of sections on phonology, morphology and syntax, preceded by an introductory chapter examining the position of this dialect in relation to the other known Neo-Aramaic dialects. The transcribed texts record folktales and accounts of customs, traditions and experiences of the Jews of Kurdistan.