Diachronic Changes Underlying Synchronic Distribution Scalar Inferences and Word Order /

This book deals with synchronic variation in Chinese through a diachronic lens, based on the evidence from a quantitative, longitudinal corpus study. Departing from the traditional analysis in diachronic changes in Chinese linguistics, the cognitive constructionist approach employed in this book is...

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Main Author: Chen, I-Hsuan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore , 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Studies in East Asian Linguistics,
Subjects:
Chinese language.
Historical linguistics.
Pragmatics.
ISBN:9789811301704
ISSN:2522-5103
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Development of 'One'-phrases as Minimizers in Chinese
  • The Development of the Polysemous Fixed 'One'-phrase in Mandarin Chinese
  • The Emergence of Scalar Particles DOU and YE in OV Order in Mandarin Chinese.-'One'-phrases as Minimizers in Numeral Classifier Languages
  • Synchronic Variations: 'One'-phrases as Minimizers in Modern Mandarin Chinese
  • Conclusion.

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