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Preface.- Introduction: How Chinese structures space by Dan Xu.- Section A. Space: a Cross-linguistic Perspective - Chinese Localizers: Diachrony and some Typological Considerations by Hilary Chappell and Alain Peyraube.- Syntax of Space across Chinese Dialects: Conspiring and Competing Principles and Factors by Danqing Liu.- The Linguistic Catergorization of Deictic Direction in Chinese - with Reference to Japanese by Christine Lamarre.- The Locative Words in the Waxiang Dialect Spoken in Guzhang, Hunan by Yunji Wu.- From Locative to Object Markers: the Parallel Development of two Postpositions in Bai by Jingqi Fu and Lin Xu.- The Role of Visual Space in Sign Language Development by Shun-chiu Yau.- Section B. Space in Synchronic and Diachronic Chinese - Asymmetry in the Expression of Space in Chinese - the Chinese Language meets Typology by Dan Xu.- Two Conditions and Grammaticalization of the Chinese Locative by Chaofen Sun.- Origin and Evolution of the Locative term hòu 'back'in Chinese by Fuxiang Wu.- The Inessive Structure in Archaic and Medieval Chinese: an Evolutionary Study of Inessive Demonstrative uses from Archaic to Early Modern Chinese by Qingzhi Zhu and Wenjie Chen.- Index.
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Xu, Dan
- ISBN: 9781402083204
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 0.69
- Number Of Pages: 276
- Publication Year: 2008
Language:
English