Typology of motion events, the: an empirical study of chinese dialects
Auteur :
Yuk-man Yiu, Carine
Éditeur :
De Gruyter
ISBN :
9783110335774
Date de publication :
28 nov. 2013
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,5 cm
Poids :
761 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Allemagne
Deals with the use of a closed set of motion verbs in five of the major dialects, including Mandarin, Wu, Hakka, Min and Cantonese. This book shows that these dialects form a continuum with some exhibiting more characteristics of a verb-framed language than the others.