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Typological variation across Sinitic languages : contact and convergence
, 2019 Decades of works dedicated to the description of (previously) lesser-known Sinitic languages have effectively dispelled the common myth that these languages share a single “universal Chinese grammar”.
Szeto, Pui Yiu, 司徒沛嶢
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Chinese language: terminology in the 21st century [PDF]
Восточная Азия: факты и аналитика, 2020 The past and present diversity of the Chinese-speaking world, as well as different history of Sinological studies, in particular, in Russia and in the West, caused the appearance of a complicated varying terminology used in modern Chinese linguistics ...
Zavyalova O.I.
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, 2021 Includes bibliographical references and index.This is the first comprehensive grammar of Shaowu, a Min language spoken in Shaowu city and its environs in northwestern Fujian province, China.
Ngai Sing Sing
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Chinese and Western Comedy – an Introduction into Cross-Cultural Humour Research between Taiwan, China and the West [PDF]
Nowa Polityka Wschodnia, 2019 The use of humour, both proper and improper, can influence the outcomes of meetings and shape entire relationships. Hence, although often trivial in nature, humour can play a significant role in human lives and deserves to be taken seriously. The same is
Konrad Piwowarczyk
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Reconstructing Old Chinese *‐ts Using Han‐Time Material
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Baxter & Sagart (2014b) reconstruct *‐Vt‐s on the basis of Middle Chinese reflexes in ‐jH (from some OC *‐s) coupled with either etymological or graphic connections to words in Middle Chinese ‐t. This approach, while perfectly sound, can suffer from lack of etymological or graphic data, leading to missed reconstructions. Since Old Chinese *‐ts
Julien Baley
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how the learner‐related factors of language dominance, encompassing language history, proficiency, use, and attitude, modulate congruency effects in multi‐word unit (MWU) processing among early bilinguals. Seventy Cantonese–Putonghua bilinguals completed lexical decision tasks measuring reaction time and accuracy for ...
Mingjia Cai, Yuan Liang
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 24, Issue 6, Page 3534-3549, June 2026.ABSTRACT Clubroot, a severe soil‐borne disease caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, poses a severe threat to global production of Brassicaceae oilseed crops and vegetables. To date, there has been a serious lack of clubroot‐resistant germplasms in Brassica napus (AACC), necessitating the urgent development of novel disease‐resistant germplasm.
Xueqing Zhou +12 more
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Kazakhstani Gansu Dungan as a Contact Language: An Analysis of Russian Influence
LanguagesThis paper discusses extensive language contact and its results in Kazakhstani Gansu Dungan, a divergent variety of Mandarin Chinese. Based primarily on recorded conversational source materials, this study offers a contact linguistic overview of the ...
Sami Honkasalo
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Gentrification Everywhere? Delinking Culture‐Led Regeneration From Gentrification
The Developing Economies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 40-56, March 2026.ABSTRACT This paper challenges the prevalent use of “gentrification” (shishen hua [士紳化/仕紳化] or jinshen hua [縉紳化]) as a catch‐all critique of culture‐led regeneration and neighborhood transformations, including rent increases and shifts in aesthetic and tastes, in Sinophone Asia and beyond.
Desmond Hok‐Man Sham
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More on areal distinctions in Sinitic: focus on Northern China [PDF]
Chinese ‘dialects’ are characterised by a considerable degree of diversity, and some major differences within Sinitic follow areal patterns, in which contact is often claimed to play a crucial role.
Arcodia, Giorgio Francesco
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