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On Structural Particles in Sinitic Languages: Typology and Diachrony

Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale, 2022
In the Chinese linguistic tradition, the term ‘structural particle(s)’ (jiégòu zhùcí 结构助词) is used to refer to functional elements that mainly act as markers of adnominal modification, nominalisation, adverbial modification and in the so-called verb ...
Arcodia, Giorgio Francesco
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The Amount of Data Required to Recognize a Writer’s Style Is Consistent Across Different Languages of the World [PDF]

Entropy
In this paper, we apply an information-theoretic method proposed by Ryabko and Savina (therefore called the RS-method), based on the use of data compression, to recognize the individual author’s style of a writer across four languages from different ...
Boris Ryabko, Nadezhda Savina, Yeshewas Getachew Lulu, Yunfei Han   +3 more
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Sino-Uralic etymology for 'moon, month' supported by regular sound correspondences [PDF]

Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2020
Using etymological methods, the present study has researched four Sinitic and Uralic shared etymologies (etyma). Two of them form a rhyme correspondence. Three of them form an onset correspondence.
Gao, J., Tender, T.
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Tonal Behavior as of Areal and Typological Concerns: Centering on the Sinitic and Kam-Tai Languages in Lingnan

Languages, 2023
From the perspective of areal linguistics, this paper examines the similarities in tonal behavior between Sinitic and Kam-Tai, the two most populous language groups in Lingnan.
Hanbo Liao
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Ancient Connections of Sinitic

Languages, 2023
Six main alternative linkage proposals which involve the Sino-Tibetan family, including Sinitic and other language families of the East Asian area (Miao-Yao, Altaic/Transeurasian, Austroasiatic, Tai-Kadai, Austronesian) are briefly outlined.
David Bradley
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Sino-Uralic etymology for 'Jupiter, year' supported by rhyme correspondence [PDF]

Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2020
Using etymological methods, the present study has identified seven Sinitic and Uralic shared etymologies (etyma). Three of them form a rhyme correspondence. Two of them form an onset correspondence. Four of them form another rhyme correspondence.
Gao, J.
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Of Mamak stalls and Malaysian weather: Sinitic languages and identity in Ah Niu (阿牛)’s sinophone Malaysian pop music

Comunicación, 2023
Malaysia is home to a sizeable ethnic Chinese community that speaks several Sinitic languages. As such, it is not only an importer of Sinophone culture, but also an important site of Sinitic-language cultural production.
Antonio Paoliello
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Tense as a Grammatical Category in Sinitic: A Critical Overview

Languages, 2023
Sinitic languages are very often described as tenseless, since they are generally seen as lacking ‘true’ grammatical markers of tense: thus, the interpretation of time reference relies on other factors, such as aspect, modal verbs, and the use of time ...
Giorgio Francesco Arcodia
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On etymology of Finnic term for 'sky' [PDF]

Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2019
Using etymological methods, the present study has identified five Sinitic and Uralic shared etymologies. These five etymologies form a rhyme correspondence. This regular sound change validates the etymological connection between Sinitic and Uralic.
Gao, J.
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Vowel Quality in Xiang Non-Lexical Hesitation Markers: New Forms of Typological Evidence?

Languages, 2023
Xiang (hsn) remains a poorly understood grouping within Sinitic, with no satisfactory conclusions on how to demarcate its boundaries or define its subgroupings.
Robert Marcelo Sevilla
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