The typology of motion events : an empirical study of Chinese dialects

Author(s)

• Yiu, Carine Yuk-man

Bibliographic Information

The typology of motion events : an empirical study of Chinese dialects

Carine Yuk-man Yiu

（Empirical approaches to language typology / editors, Georg Bossong, Bernard Comrie, v. 53）

De Gruyter Mouton, c2014

• : hardcover : alk. paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This comprehensive study concentrates particularly on the use of a closed set of motion verbs in five of the major dialects, including Mandarin, Wu, Hakka, Min and Cantonese. The author shows that these dialects form a continuum with some exhibiting more characteristics of a verb-framed language than the others. The phenomenon reflects the various stages of typological transformation and grammaticalization that the dialects have undergone.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB14340813
• ISBN:
  • 9783110335774
• LCCN: 2013043980
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engchi
• Place of Publication: Berlin
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 405 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PL1250.D56
  • DC23 : 495.17
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Direction in language
  • LCSH : Chinese language -- Dialects
  • LCSH : Chinese language -- Verb
  • LCSH : Typology (Linguistics)
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00994359