Yang Huang

The Changing Languages of Guangxi, Southern China (eBook, ePUB)

A Contact-Induced Grammaticalization Approach

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Based on a case study of the evolution of "finish" morphemes in Yue and Zhuang Tai-Kadai, this book examines how an internal factor (grammaticalization) and an external factor (language contact) interacted to produce the polyfunctionality of the specific "finish" morphemes in the languages of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Southern China. Arguing that the Central Southern Guangxi Region is a micro-linguistic area, Huang also introduces five unique areal features shared by many of its languages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793630100
• Artikelnr.: 67973788

Autorenporträt

Yang Huang is associate professor in linguistics at Southwest Jiaotong University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Geographic and Historical Background
Chapter Two: Polyfunctionality of the Finish Verb in Nanning Yue
Chapter Three: Finish Verbs in Other Southern Guangxi Languages
Chapter Four: Contact-Induced Grammatical Change
Chapter Five: Mainland Southeast Asia: A Linguistic Area