Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese: A Formal View Contributor(s): Wu, Xiu-Zhi Zoe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415864550 ISBN-13: 9780415864558 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
Dewey: 415 |
Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics |
Physical Information: 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This innovative study on the phenomenon of 'grammaticalization' and its manifestation in Chinese provides new insights into language change in Chinese and a large number of grammatical topics. Grammaticalization occurs in all of the world's languages. Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu demonstrates general linguistic principles present and active in the phenomenon of grammaticalization whilst also describing the modelling of language in formal theoretical approaches to syntax; so this book fills two major gaps in the current study of linguistics. |