448 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
448 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
In providing an analysis of the grammar of the dialect of seven counties along the Yellow River, this two-volume set synchronically and diachronically studies the Jin dialect of China’s Northern Shaanxi Province. The Jin dialect of Northern Shaanxi is one of the most ancient, complicated, and representative dialects of the Yellow River region and figures prominently in our understanding of the... Read more
Volume 1 1. Introduction 2. Pronouns 3. Aspect and Appearance 4. Tense Volume 2 5. Subjunctive Mood 6. Expressions of Complex Sentence Relationship 7. Embedded Sentence Patterns with Ba-construction and Jiao-construction 8. A-not-A Questions 9. The Formation of Imperative Modal Particle “Zhe” in Modern Chinese Dialects 10. Sound Variation of Grammatical Constituents 11. Strengthening Diachronic Comparative Study on Chinese Dialectal Grammar
Biography
Xing Xiangdong is a professor in the College of Arts at Shaanxi Normal University, China. His research and work focus on Chinese dialects, especially dialects of Northwestern China.
