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Zoe Wu, Xiu-Zhi.,

Grammaticalization and language change in Chinese : a formal view / Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu. - 1 online resource (ix, 325 pages) - RoutledgeCurzon Asian linguistics series . - RoutledgeCurzon Asian linguistics series. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-319) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The classifier ge : movement and reanalysis -- 3. Relative clause de : directionality, clausal raising and sentence-final particles -- 4. De in focus sentences : from d to t -- 5. Resultative constructions : directionality and reanalysis -- 6. Verbal le : aspect and tense -- 7. Post-word.

ISBN: 9780203420645 9781134307227 9781134307265 9781134307272

Standard No.: 10.4324/9780203420645 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization.
Linguistic change--China.

LC Class. No.: P299.G73 / Z64 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 415 / Z85