31.971, Books: A Grammar of Southern Min: Chen

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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 21:16:16
From: Asja Kusnezowa [Asja.Kusnezowa at degruyter.com]
Subject: A Grammar of Southern Min: Chen

 


Title: A Grammar of Southern Min 
Subtitle: The Hui’an Dialect 
Series Title: Sinitic Languages of China  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton
	

Book URL: https://bit.ly/2vPmD44 


Author: Weirong Chen

Hardback: ISBN:  9781501517457 Pages: 522 Price: U.S. $ 114.99


Abstract:

Southern Min (also known as Hokkien or Minnan) is a major branch of Chinese
spoken mainly in Fujian and Taiwan, but also in Guangdong, Hainan and Hong
Kong, as well as in many countries of Southeast Asia. Highly conservative in
its linguistic profile, it is considered by many scholars to be a living
language fossil due to the preservation of many archaic features that reflect
its long-lasting history and culture. Yet to date there has been no
comprehensive study of Southern Min using a typological framework, as the
tendency is to base analyses on the model of Mandarin Chinese, the standard
language. This grammar aims to present a systematic description of the Hui'an
variety of Southern Min, mainly based on data collected via naturally
occurring conversation. The volume includes four parts: nominal structure,
predicate structure, clause structure and complex sentences, as well as a
brief overview of phonology. It will have great appeal for heritage speakers,
graduate students and scholars in both Chinese linguistics and typology.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): Chinese, Min Nan (nan)

Language Family(ies): Sino-Tibetan


Written In: English  (eng)

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