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Diversity in sinitic languages

, 2015
PART I: APPROACHES TO DIVERSITY IN SINITIC LANGUAGES PART II: TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES OF SINITIC LANGUAGES PART III: INDIVIDUAL STUDIES OF LINGUISTIC MICRO ...
Hilary Chappell
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On some endangered Sinitic languages spoken in Northwestern China

European Review, 2017
This paper will examine one of the most characteristic syntactic properties of languages, namely the case system for the following three Sinitic languages spoken in Northwestern China: Línxià (or Hézhōu), Tāngwāng, Gāngōu, which have been sometimes viewed as ‘mixed languages’.
Alain Peyraube
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Classifiers in Sinitic languages: From individuation to definiteness-marking

Lingua, 2012
Abstract This article examines the distribution and interpretation of the bare classifier phrase [Cl+N] in three Sinitic languages of Mandarin, Wu and Cantonese. We show that [Cl+N] can be interpreted as definite or indefinite depending on pragmatic factors related to information structure and word order. Syntactically, we claim that indefinite [Cl+N]
Xuping Li, W. Bisang
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Sinitic languages

2021
This chapter provides a historical and typological overview of Sinitic languages. It first discusses the terminology related to Chinese, clarifying the meaning of ‘language’, ‘dialect’, and ‘standard’ in this context. It then proposes a concise overview of the diachronic development of Sinitic languages, with a focus on diversity and on the concept of ‘
Giorgio Francesco Arcodia   +1 more
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A Special Case Marking System in the Sinitic Languages of Northwest China

Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 2019
:This paper describes a special case marking system in the Sinitic languages of Northwest China, by examining the materials from fieldwork and literature.
Chenlei Zhou
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