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Study of Grammar in Temporal and Spatial Perspectives: You3 有 in the OBI, Ancient Documents and the Dialects

In: Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics
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Anne O. Yue
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24 Jan 2011
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A survey of the functions of the existential verb in Chinese in temporal and spatial perspectives reveals a closer typological similarity between the oracle-bone inscription language and the Southern Sinitic languages, and a grammaticalization process observable from archaic time shows the formation of a marker for ‘affirming existence’ which provides residual evidence in the Book of Odes and the Eastern Min dialects for possible language contact between a ‘to-have’ language and a ‘to-be’ language.

Title:
Study of Grammar in Temporal and Spatial Perspectives: You3 有 in the OBI, Ancient Documents and the Dialects
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/2405478X-90000061
Language:
English
Pages:
1–68
Keywords:
existential verb; oracle-bone inscriptions; Book of Odes; Southern Sinitic languages; grammaticalization; typology
In:
Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics
In:
Volume 4: Issue 2
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
2405-478X
Print ISSN:
1933-6985
Subjects:
China, Asian Studies, Uralic, Altaic & East Asian Languages, Languages and Linguistics

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