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LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF MEANING AND SYNTACTIC CHANGE IN THE GRAMMATICALIZATION OF CHINESE PREPOSITIONS: Charting the Constraints of Locality on Language Development Through Three Millennia of Chinese Documents

Author: Zhu, Yongping
SKU: PMRT.GEN.4709.01489

$240.45

Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Number of Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780773414709
Publication Date: 2010
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The Chinese prepositions which have developed from verbs possess both verbal and prepositional functions. This amphibious nature of Chinese preposition is the result of the evolution of the Chinese language, and preserves the rich information of language change. This unique feature of Chinese prepositions has attracted many linguists to describe and explain the changes of Chinese prepositions. This book is a description and explanation of the development of Chinese prepositions from both diachronic and synchronic perspectives.

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