Language Contact and Change in Chinese
| By: | Guangshun Cao, Hsiao-jung Yu |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| Print ISBN: | 9783110610062 |
| eText ISBN: | 9783110610246 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2019 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The book sheds light on the fascinating evolution of contact-induced grammatical features in Chinese syntax. For more than two thousand years, Chinese has been in large scale language contact with languages such as Sanskrit, Mongolian, and Manchurian. Originally published in Chinese in renowned academic journals, the contributions are made available for the first time to the English speaking world.