A Grammar of Gan Chinese

Xuping Li

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2018

A Grammar of Gan Chinese

The Yichun Language

Xuping Li

Volume 1 in the series Sinitic Languages of China [SLCH]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501507328

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About this book

China is very rich in language resources, and Mandarin is undoubtedly its most prestigious and well-known representative. Unfortunately, most of these languages remain understudied or even unstudied. Such is the case of Yichun Gan.
Written in the style of a reference grammar, this book sets out to give a comprehensive and systematic description of Yichun grammar, with the aim of increasing readers' knowledge about Chinese languages other than Mandarin. In addition to common categories like nouns, verbs, adjectives and prepositions, the volume attempts to cover as many grammatical categories and constructions as possible, including the Sinitic-specific categories such as classifiers, the aspect system, postpositions and the object-marking BA constructions.
To highlight its uniqueness, the book adopts a comparative perspective to contrast many features of Yichun Gan with Mandarin and other Sinitic languages. Our study shows that Yichun Gan possesses both Northern and Southern Chinese traits in many constructions, which supports its status as a transitional language.
It will be of interest to linguists who wish to learn more about East Asian languages, and more specifically Sinitic languages.

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XuPing LI, Zhejiang University, China

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
List of abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
1. Gan and the Gan People Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Yichun sound system Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3. Morphology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
4. Personal pronouns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
5. Possessives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
6. Demonstratives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
7. Numerals and classifiers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
8. Adjectives and adjective phrases Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
9. Prepositions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
10. Postpositions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
11. Aspectuality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
12. Modality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
13. Negation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
14. Resultative constructions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
15. Ditransitives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
16. BA constructions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
17. Passives and causatives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
18. Topic and focus related constructions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
19. Relative clauses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
20. Interrogatives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
21. Clause linking: coordination and subordination Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, Chinese
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Language Typologists, Chinese Dialectologists and Chinese Linguists.
Pages
- Front matter: 18
- Main content: 313
Keywords: Yichun Gan; Sinitic Language; Grammar; Language Typology

eBook

Published: February 19, 2018
ISBN: 9781501507328

Hardcover

Published: February 19, 2018
ISBN: 9781501515798