Space in Languages of China Cross-linguistic, Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Xu, Dan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Θέματα: Linguistics.; Languages.; Language and languages.; Chinese language.; Syntax.; Linguistics, general.; Asian Languages.; Chinese.

Space has long been a popular topic in linguistic research. Numerous books on the subject have been published over the past decade. However, none of these books were based on linguistic data from Chinese and expressions of space in Chinese have been largely neglected in past research. In this volume...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Space: A Cross-linguistic perspective
• Introduction: How Chinese Structures Space
• Chinese Localizers: Diachrony and Some Typological Considerations
• Syntax Of Space Across Chinese Dialects: Conspiring and Competing Principles and Factors
• The Linguistic Categorization of Deictic Direction in Chinese — with Reference to Japanese —
• The Locative Words in The Waxiang Dialect Spoken in Guzhang, Hunan
• From Locative to Object Markers: The Parallel Development of Two Postpositions in Bai
• The Role of Visual Space in Sign Language Development
• Space in Synchronic and Diachronic Chinese
• Asymmetry in the Expression of Space in Chinese —The Chinese Language Meets Typology
• Two Conditions and Grammaticalization of the Chinese Locative
• Origin and Evolution of the Locative Term HÒU ‘Back’ In Chinese
• The Inessive Structure in Archaic and Medieval Chinese: An Evolutionary Study of Inessive Demonstrative Uses From Archaic to Early Modern Chinese.