1st Edition
Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese A formal view
By Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu
Copyright 2004
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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This innovative study on the phenomenon of 'grammaticalization' and its manifestation in Chinese provides new insights into language change in Chinese and a large number of grammatical topics. Grammaticalization occurs in all of the world's languages. Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu demonstrates general linguistic principles present and active in the phenomenon of grammaticalization whilst also describing the... Read more
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. THE CLASSIFIER GE: MOVEMENT AND REANALYSIS, 3. RELATIVE CLAUSE DE: DIRECTIONALITY, CLAUSAL RAISING AND SENTENCE-FINAL PARTICLES, 4. DE IN Focus SENTENCES: FROM D TO T, 5. RESULTATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS: DIRECTIONALITY AND REANALYSIS, 6. VERBAL LE : ASPECT AND TENSE, 7. POST-WORD, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX
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Wu, Xiu-Zhi Zoe
