
Interrogative Strategies
An areal typology of the languages of China
Tianhua Luo(Author)
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 15. September 2016
Book
Hardback
252 pages
978-90-272-0185-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book deals with how to ask questions in the languages of China. The syntactic, morphological, and lexical forms for distinguishing interrogatives take centre stage; intonation is also dealt with, but more peripherally than question particles, disjunctive and negative constructions, and word order. 140 languages spoken in China are covered coming from four major families: Sino-Tibetan, Altaic, Austronesian and Austro-Asiatic, accompanied by a few mixed languages. The approach is areal-typological, i.e. these focal languages are compared to the languages of the world as represented in typological samples, and within China areal patterns of the structural variables are examined.
The book will be an indispensable reference for future work on interrogatives in a typological context and for areal studies of the language situation in China and more generally East Asia.
The book will be an indispensable reference for future work on interrogatives in a typological context and for areal studies of the language situation in China and more generally East Asia.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
620 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-0185-0 (9789027201850)
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Content
1. Acknowledgements; 2. Notational conventions; 3. Chapter 1. Introduction; 4. Chapter 2. A survey of polar interrogative strategies in the languages of China; 5. Chapter 3. Question particles and final particles; 6. Chapter 4. Disjunctions and alternative questions; 7. Chapter 5. Wh-phrases and wh-questions; 8. Chapter 6. Three types of verb-related questions; 9. Chapter 7. Typological and area-historical assessment; 10. Chapter 8. Conclusion; 11. References; 12. Appendix I: Features of 140 languages of China; 13. Appendix II: Maps of the languages of China; 14. Language Index; 15. Name Index; 16. Subject Index