The Dative Markers and Their Developments in Hunan Sinitic Languages
This study is based on a sample of 30 Sinitic languages spoken in the Hunan Province. Its first objective is to explore the types of dative markers, comparing the form of the dative with allative, passive, benefactive, and differential object markers in ...
Xinyi Gao
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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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On Structural Particles in Sinitic Languages: Typology and Diachrony
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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Disentangling complex language contact and admixture in the broad Gansu-Qinghai region [PDF]
Language evolution in the Gansu-Qinghai (GQ) region provides a key perspective for understanding cultural development along the eastern Silk Road. Previous genetic and archaeological studies have revealed complex, multi-ethnic interactions in this region,
Hongye Jin +7 more
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The Amount of Data Required to Recognize a Writer’s Style Is Consistent Across Different Languages of the World [PDF]
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 +3 more
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Interactions of Sinitic Languages: Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of the selection of the chapters included in Section 3 of The Palgrave Handbook of Chinese Language Studies. The chapters present a broad picture of the dynamic interactions within Sinitic languages and of those between Sinitic languages and non-Sinitic languages, and explore how such interactions have influenced the ...
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Modern and Ancient Genomes Reveal Neolithic Paternal Expansions of Millet and Rice Farmers and Demic Diffusion from China into Mainland Southeast Asia. [PDF]
This study clarifies the genetic patterns of paternal lineages across East Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia. Han populations are relatively homogeneous, whereas southern ethnolinguistic minorities display regional structures. Shared Y‐chromosome lineages indicate Neolithic expansions and extensive north‐south gene flow, supporting demic diffusion ...
Liu Y +15 more
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Synchrony and Diachrony of Sinitic Languages: A Brief History of Chinese Dialects
Abstract Even though Sinitic languages are spoken by more than one billion people, very little research has been carried out on the synchronic grammar of major languages and dialect groups of Chinese, apart from standard Mandarin or putonghuali, and Cantonese to a lesser extent.
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Sino-Uralic etymology for 'moon, month' supported by regular sound correspondences [PDF]
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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Ancient Connections of Sinitic
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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