A Grammar of Southern Min - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Grammar of Southern Min write by Weirong Chen. This book was released on 2020-02-10. A Grammar of Southern Min available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Southern Min (Hokkien) as a Migrating Language
Southern Min (Hokkien) as a Migrating Language - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Southern Min (Hokkien) as a Migrating Language write by Picus Sizhi Ding. This book was released on 2015-11-17. Southern Min (Hokkien) as a Migrating Language available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book presents multilingualism as a social phenomenon, which arises when speakers of a different language move to a new society and learn to speak the dominant language of the society. It offers case studies of Hokkien migrating families when they encounter new languages in Burma, Macao and San Francisco, showing how a family changes across generations from monolingual to bilingual/multilingual and back to monolingual. In the process language shift occurs as a result of transitional bilingualism. The dynamic status of Hokkien is also attested at the societal level in Singapore, Taiwan and south Fujian, the homeland of Hokkien.
2016
2016 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 2016 write by Li Yuming. This book was released on 2022-11-07. 2016 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. China, with the world's largest population, numerous ethnic groups and vast geographical space, is also rich in languages. Since 2006, China's State Language Commission has been publishing annual reports on what is called "language life" in China. These reports cover language policy and planning invitatives at the national, provincial and local levels, new trends in language use in a variety of social domains, and major events concerning languages in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Now for the first time, these reports are available in English for anyone interested in Chinese languge and linguistics, China's language, education and social policies, as well as everyday language use among the ordinary people in China. The invaluable data contained in these reports provide an essential reference to researchers, professionals, policy makers, and China watchers.
Monosyllables
Monosyllables - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Monosyllables write by Thomas Stolz. This book was released on 2012-10-22. Monosyllables available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dieser Band versammelt zehn Aufsätze, in denen Monosyllaba in verschiedenen Sprachen Asiens, Afrikas und Europas aus unterschiedlichsten Perspektiven betrachtet werden. Einsilber sind in fast allen Sprachen der Welt vertreten. Sprachen wie das Chinesische bevorzugen bekanntermaßen diesen Silbentyp. In anderen, wie z. B. den Bantusprachen, muss ein Wort aus mindestens zwei Silben bestehen. In den europäischen Sprachen rücken Einsilber gerade erst in den Fokus linguistischen Interesses. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes beschäftigen sich sowohl mit phonetischen und phonologischen als auch mit morphologischen und funktionalen Aspekten von Einsilbern. Der Fokus richtet sich auf das Zusammenwirken von Silben- und Wortstruktur, wie auch auf die phonologischen und morphologischen Regeln der Wohlgeformtheit. Es wird sowohl die Entwicklung von Einsilbern in Sprachen, die diesen Silbentyp bevorzugen (ostasiatische Sprachen, aber auch Dänisch), als auch ihre spezielle Rolle als Ausnahmeform innerhalb des Lexikons und bei speziellen Wortformen wie z.B. den Imperativen diskutiert. Methodisch reicht die Spannweite von experimenteller Phonetik, über quantitative Linguistik und Analysen von Einzelsprachen bis hin zu großangelegten typologischen Vergleichen.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Reports
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Reports - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Reports write by United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. This book was released on 1994. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Reports available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
