LEADER 03646nam 2200565 450 001 9910467251303321 005 20200923020339.0 010 $a1-5015-0726-5 010 $a1-5015-0732-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501507328 035 $a(CKB)4100000002580324 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5311226 035 $a(DE-B1597)483397 035 $a(OCoLC)1029825012 035 $a(OCoLC)1031868205 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501507328 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5311226 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11519139 035 $a(OCoLC)1027202536 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000002580324 100 $a20180319h20182018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 12$aA grammar of Gan Chinese $ethe Yichun language /$fXuPing Li 210 1$aBoston, [Massachusetts] ;$aBerlin, [Germany] :$cDe Gruyter,$d2018. 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (332 pages) $cillustrations, tables 225 1 $aSinitic Languages of China,$x2365-8398 ;$vVolume 1 311 $a1-5015-1579-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tPreface -- $tList of abbreviations -- $tContents -- $t1. Gan and the Gan People -- $t2. The Yichun sound system -- $t3. Morphology -- $t4. Personal pronouns -- $t5. Possessives -- $t6. Demonstratives -- $t7. Numerals and classifiers -- $t8. Adjectives and adjective phrases -- $t9. Prepositions -- $t10. Postpositions -- $t11. Aspectuality -- $t12. Modality -- $t13. Negation -- $t14. Resultative constructions -- $t15. Ditransitives -- $t16. BA constructions -- $t17. Passives and causatives -- $t18. Topic and focus related constructions -- $t19. Relative clauses -- $t20. Interrogatives -- $t21. Clause linking: coordination and subordination -- $tReferences -- $tIndex -- $tAppendix 330 $aChina is very rich in language resources, and Mandarin is undoubtedly its most prestigious and well-known representative. Unfortunately, most of these languages remain understudied or even unstudied. Such is the case of Yichun Gan.Written in the style of a reference grammar, this book sets out to give a comprehensive and systematic description of Yichun grammar, with the aim of increasing readers' knowledge about Chinese languages other than Mandarin. In addition to common categories like nouns, verbs, adjectives and prepositions, the volume attempts to cover as many grammatical categories and constructions as possible, including the Sinitic-specific categories such as classifiers, the aspect system, postpositions and the object-marking BA constructions.To highlight its uniqueness, the book adopts a comparative perspective to contrast many features of Yichun Gan with Mandarin and other Sinitic languages. Our study shows that Yichun Gan possesses both Northern and Southern Chinese traits in many constructions, which supports its status as a transitional language.It will be of interest to linguists who wish to learn more about East Asian languages, and more specifically Sinitic languages. 410 0$aSinitic languages of China ;$vVolume 1. 606 $aGan dialects (China)$xGrammar 606 $aChinese language$xDialects$xGrammar 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGan dialects (China)$xGrammar. 615 0$aChinese language$xDialects$xGrammar. 676 $a495.17 700 $aLi$b XuPing$01036178 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910467251303321 996 $aA grammar of Gan Chinese$92469118 997 $aUNINA