Word-Order Change and Grammaticalization in the History of Chinese
Published on 1. August 1996
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-8047-2418-0 (ISBN)
Description
A Stanford University Press classic.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a very important work, the first book in English on the historical grammar of Chinese. The scholarship is excellent, and besides discovering and presenting fresh data, the author also makes significant contributions to theoretical analysis."-Alain Peyraube, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences SocialesMore details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Cloth
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
422 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8047-2418-0 (9780804724180)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Grammaticalization and the history of Chinese syntax; 2. Word-order change in prepositional phrases; 3. The BA construction and the grammaticalization of BA; 4. The history of LE; 5. The history of DE; 6. The historical syntax and the history of Chinese.