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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157818403321

Titolo

Diversity in Sinitic languages

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-19-179113-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : maps (black and white)

Disciplina

495.17/951

Soggetti

Chinese language - Dialects

Chinese language - Grammar - Dialects

East Asian Languages & Literatures

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting new research into the great structural diversity found in sinitic languages, this work draws on extensive empirical data from lesser-known languages and seeks to dispel many recurrent linguistic myths about the Sinitic language family.