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Egophoric marking in a sinitic language: The case of baoding
Journal of Pragmatics, 2019Abstract This paper discusses the egophoric function of a sentence-final enclitic particle used in the Mandarin dialect of Baoding (Sinitic, Hebei, northern China) to express intention in an imminent future. We show that in Baoding, ia can occur in first-person subject declarative sentences as well as in second-person interrogative sentences, but ...
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The Double Unaccusative Construction in Sinitic Languages
1999The present study examines a syntactically aberrant construction in Sinitic languages which I provisionally label the "double unaccusative".This construction represents a clear example of a syntactic construction where the rules of grammar, narrowly understood, are violated: in the double unaccusative, intransitive process verbs take two arguments, one
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Complementation in Waxiang: an unclassified Sinitic language of Hunan
2023COMPLEMENTATION IN WAXIANG, AN UNCLASSIFIED SINITIC LANGUAGE OF HUNANHilary M. Chappell 曹茜蕾Chinese University of Hong Kong & Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, ParisThis paper will explore the nature of complementation and the complement clause, and the inherent problems of defining this phenomenon, using fieldwork data from Waxiang, an ...
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Typical creoles and simple languages: The case of Sinitic
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Matthews, SJ, Ansaldo, U
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A typological study of disposal constructions in Sinitic languages
This dissertation presents an in-depth exploratory study of disposal constructions across Sinitic languages, aiming to provide a comprehensive re-examination and offer fresh perspectives. The research concentrates on a selection of representative Chinese dialects, underpinned by meticulous analysis of first-hand data collected through fieldwork ...openaire +2 more sources
On the Typology of Basic Locative Constructions in Sinitic Languages
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A Typological Study of Verbal Classifiers in Sinitic Languages
Une étude typologique des classificateurs verbaux dans les langues sinitiques Cette thèse présente la première étude complète et détaillée des classificateurs verbaux dans les langues sinitiques. Neuf catégories de classificateurs verbaux sont identifiées à travers un échantillon très représentatif de 641 langues et dialectes ...openaire +2 more sources