Diachronic Perspectives and Synchronic Variation in Southern Min
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Diachronic Perspectives and Synchronic Variation in Southern Min

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Diachronic Perspectives and Synchronic Variation in Southern Min

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Diachronic Perspectives and Synchronic Variation in Southern Min aims to address a range of grammatical phenomena in Southern Min.

The Sinitic languages show divergence not only in phonology but also in grammar. Together with Hakka, Yue and part of Wu, Min forms the two major Southern groups of Far Southern and Southeastern languages. There is a range of grammatical phenomena in Southern Min addressed here; the themes and theoretical issues covered in this book touch on a wide range of grammatical patterns of Southern Min from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives including comparatives, obligative and dynamic modals, formation of coordinate conjunctions from the comitative marker, the benefactive marker, the rise of the continuative aspect marker, grammaticalization of the verb of saying into a complementizer and purposives in Southern Min.

This book is aimed at researchers and scholars working on and interested in Chinese linguistics.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2020
ISBN
9781000030068
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Languages
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. List of figures and maps
  8. List of tables
  9. List of contributors
  10. Abbreviations
  11. Acknowledgements
  12. 1 Introduction
  13. 2 Comparatives of inequality in Southern Min: a study in diachronic change from 15th to 21st centuries
  14. 3 The emergence of the obligative modal tioh8 in Southern Min: a change induced by semantic-pragmatic factors
  15. 4 Negation of dynamic modals with DIT ćŸ— in Hainan Min
  16. 5 Word change and language change: a case of ć…± as a coordinating conjunction from Archaic Chinese gĂČng ć…± to ka7 ć…± in Taiwanese Southern Min
  17. 6 Exploration of the benefactive marker kang7 ć…± in Ming Qing Southern Min script
  18. 7 Taiwanese Southern Min hoo7 and its counterparts in the Southern Min varieties in Quemoy and Quanzhou
  19. 8 The etymology and grammaticalization of the continuative aspect marker le(h)4: a survey from the historical documents
  20. 9 Kong2 as a verb for saying ‘on the move’ in Taiwanese Southern Min
  21. 10 Purposives in Taiwanese Southern Min
  22. Index