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Chinese “Dialects” and European “Languages”: A Comparison of Lexico-Phonetic and Syntactic Distances
LanguagesIn 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 +3 more
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Philippine Englishes in the Sino‐Philippine Lannang context
World Englishes, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 588-606, December 2024.Abstract This article explores the relationship between Philippine English and the Lannangs, individuals with Filipino and Southern Chinese cultural heritage. It highlights the multifaceted nature of this English variety by discussing how it interacts with non‐English languages in contemporary Lannang communities located in Manila, Iloilo and Cebu ...
Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales
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The colexification of eating, drinking and smoking in Sinitic languages
Open LinguisticsThis 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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A typology of denominal verb formation strategies
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 18, Issue 3, May/June 2024.Abstract This article aims to fill a gap in the typological literature by discussing the typology of overt denominal verb formation strategies, that is, morphosyntactic strategies other than conversion/zero‐derivation that are used to derive a verb from a nominal base.
Simone Mattiola, Andrea Sansò
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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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On Sinitic influence on Macanese
Language Ecology, 2017 AbstractMacanese, the near-extinct Portuguese creole of Macao, is an understudied contact language with strong Malayo-Portuguese features. It is also characterised by Sinitic influence, which however has sometimes been downplayed in the literature (seeAnsaldo and Matthews 2004).
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Health &Social Care in the Community, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Family doctors serve as the initial contact for individuals seeking regular medical service like routine physical exam, diagnosis, and treatment of illness. Nonetheless, immigrant population who do not speak the official language usually prefers receiving healthcare in their own mother tongues.
Dong Liu +4 more
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Typology of Chinese Languages: An Introduction to the Special Issue
LanguagesOf 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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“Bie zai tiqi” and You Mean the World to Me: Two Subversive Sinophone Malaysian Metatexts
Open Cultural Studies, 2020 This article aims at exploring the subversive nature of two Sinophone Malaysian cultural products, namely “Bie zai tiqi” (2002) a short story by Ho Sok Fong and You Mean the World to Me (2017), a full-length feature film by director Saw Teong Hin.
Paoliello Antonio
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Open LinguisticsThis 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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