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Conference Paper: On the Typology of Basic Locative Constructions in Sinitic Languages
| Title | On the Typology of Basic Locative Constructions in Sinitic Languages |
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| Authors | |
| Keywords | Cantonese Shanghainese Postural Verbs Locative Constructions Spatial Typology |
| Issue Date | 2014 |
| Publisher | Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica. |
| Citation | The 14th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-14), Taipei, Taiwan, 4-6 June 2014. In the Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics, 2014, p. 337-346 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | This paper aims to study the Basic Locative Constructions (BLCs) in Cantonese and Shanghainese by using a standardized picture elicitation method. Results show that BLCs in both Cantonese and Shanghainese adopt 4 strategies: locative copular, locative inversion, postural verbs and resultative complements. The latter two strategies are less frequently used, if not unacceptable, in Mandarin BLCs. The results suggest that the position of Southern Sinitic languages differs quite substantially from Mandarin in spatial typology. Moreover, locative inversion and resultative complements are strategies previously unaccounted for in existing typological frameworks. This experimental work endeavours to further our understanding of Sinitic typology and the typology of spatial language in general. |
| Description | Session 7 |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/205619 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Ng, KT | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-20T04:14:03Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2014-09-20T04:14:03Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 14th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-14), Taipei, Taiwan, 4-6 June 2014. In the Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics, 2014, p. 337-346 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/205619 | - |
| dc.description | Session 7 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper aims to study the Basic Locative Constructions (BLCs) in Cantonese and Shanghainese by using a standardized picture elicitation method. Results show that BLCs in both Cantonese and Shanghainese adopt 4 strategies: locative copular, locative inversion, postural verbs and resultative complements. The latter two strategies are less frequently used, if not unacceptable, in Mandarin BLCs. The results suggest that the position of Southern Sinitic languages differs quite substantially from Mandarin in spatial typology. Moreover, locative inversion and resultative complements are strategies previously unaccounted for in existing typological frameworks. This experimental work endeavours to further our understanding of Sinitic typology and the typology of spatial language in general. | en_US |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica. | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-14) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cantonese | - |
| dc.subject | Shanghainese | - |
| dc.subject | Postural Verbs | - |
| dc.subject | Locative Constructions | - |
| dc.subject | Spatial Typology | - |
| dc.title | On the Typology of Basic Locative Constructions in Sinitic Languages | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 239774 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.spage | 337 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 346 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | Taiwan | en_US |