32.3289, Books: A Grammar of Shaowu: Ngai

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:51:46
From: Birgit Sievert [Birgit.Sievert at degruyter.com]
Subject: A Grammar of Shaowu: Ngai

 


Title: A Grammar of Shaowu 
Subtitle: A Sinitic Language of Northwestern Fujian 
Series Title: Sinitic Languages of China  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
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Book URL: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781501512483/html 


Author: Sing Sing Ngai

Electronic: ISBN:  9781501512483 Pages: 733 Price: U.S. $ 160.99
Hardback: ISBN:  9781501517723 Pages: 733 Price: U.S. $ 160.99


Abstract:

This is the first comprehensive grammar of Shaowu, a Min language spoken in
Shaowu city and its environs in northwestern Fujian province, China. The book
offers first-hand linguistic data collected over four years in the field, now
placed at the disposal of researchers and students working in language
documentation, comparative linguistics and Sinitic typology. It can serve as a
reference grammar for those interested in learning the Shaowu language,
thereby helping to preserve it. In addition, the book provides insights into
Shaowu's classification which has been widely debated, thus elucidating its
genetic affiliation.

The book first presents Shaowu's geography, demography and history. It then
profiles the language's phonology and lexicon, before providing a detailed
description of its syntax, notably on its nominal, predicate, clausal and
complex sentence structures, which are the focus of the book.

The typological profile of Shaowu is also treated with the conclusion that the
language has Gan, Hakka, Mandarin and even some Wu overlays on its Min base.
The Shaowu language serves an excellent example to illustrate the degree of
hybridity a language can attain due to intensive language contact over time.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

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