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The colexification of eating, drinking and smoking in Sinitic languages

Open Linguistics
This paper investigates the lexification patterns (i.e., correspondences between forms and senses) of the concepts EAT, DRINK, and SMOKE across 159 Sinitic languages.
Lu Wen, Ding Hongdi
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Development of a Sinitic Clubroot Differential Set for the Pathotype Classification of Plasmodiophora brassicae

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Plasmodiophora brassicae, which is known for its broad genetic diversity for virulence, is the causal agent of clubroot disease of Brassica crops worldwide.
Wenxing Pang, Yue Liang, Zongxiang Zhan, Xiaonan Li, Zhongyun Piao   +4 more
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Chinese “Dialects” and European “Languages”: A Comparison of Lexico-Phonetic and Syntactic Distances

Languages
In this article, we tested some specific claims made in the literature on relative distances among European languages and among Chinese dialects, suggesting that some language varieties within the Sinitic family traditionally called dialects are, in fact,
Chaoju Tang, Vincent J. van Heuven, Wilbert Heeringa, Charlotte Gooskens   +3 more
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Typology of Chinese Languages: An Introduction to the Special Issue

Languages
Of the world’s major language groups, the Sinitic (Chinese) branch of the Sino-Tibetan family stands out for the profound disconnect between its popular perception and its linguistic reality [...]
Umberto Ansaldo, Pui Yiu Szeto
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Czym jest naród Państwa Środka?

Politeja, 2014
What is Chinese Nation? Changing Narration of Ethnic Relations in Today’s China Since the ancient times the non‑sinitic folks caused fear and were an object of disdain among the Chinese. In the twentieth‑century China the concept of a “nation” has been
Katarzyna Golik
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Suffixation in Zhangzhou

Open Linguistics
This study is the first to comprehensively describe suffixing morphology in Zhangzhou Southern Min, an under-described Sinitic language spoken in southern China.
Huang Yishan
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The Transformation and Cultural Adaptation of Jātaka Elements in Classic Malay Literature

Religions
The literature of the Malay world, profoundly influenced by Indian traditions, frequently adheres to the narrative patterns found in Indian literature. With the rise of Islam, literary works in the Parrot Story collection were used to propagate Islamic ...
Siaw Hung Ng
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East Asian languages in Lord’s Prayer collections, ca. 1600–1900

Histoire Épistémologie Langage
This paper provides a survey of versions of the Lord’s Prayer translated into several East Asian languages as they are attested in collections since the end of the 16th century. This is when the first relevant example appeared in print, namely a Literary
Sven Osterkamp
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Interrogative and Declarative Questions Across Chinese Dialects

Languages
Chinese languages offer multiple ways to form a polar question. In this paper, we examine five Sinitic languages: Mandarin, Shanghainese, Changsha Xiang, Cantonese, and Taiwanese Southern Min, and using a panel of tests, we test all the available forms ...
Angelika Kiss, Justin R. Leung, Jianing Zhou   +2 more
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De in Focus: Two Days of Vibrant Discourse at the 10th Inter-Regional Forum on Dialectal Grammar

Studies in Chinese Linguistics
The 10th Inter-Regional Forum on Dialect Grammar took place at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2024, organized by the T. T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre of the Institute of Chinese Studies.

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