Yuk-man Yiu The Typology of Motion Events

An Empirical Study of Chinese Dialects
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-034176-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 53, 425 Seiten

Reihe: Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]

This comprehensive study concentrates particularly on the use of a closed set of motion verbs in five of the major dialects, including Mandarin, Wú, Hakka, Min and Cantonese. The author shows that these dialects form a continuum with some exhibiting more characteristics of a verb-framed language than the others. The phenomenon reflects the various stages of typological transformation and grammaticalization that the dialects have undergone.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yuk-man Yiu, Carine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Dialektologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;5
2;List of maps, figures and tables;12
3;List of abbreviations;20
4;1 Introduction;21
4.1;1.0 Introduction;21
4.2;1.1 Chinese dialects;22
4.3;1.2 Theoretical background;24
4.4;1.3 Overview of the book;40
4.5;1.4 Data of the present study;43
4.6;1.5 Technical notes;48
5;2 Directional verbs in modern Cantonese. A typological perspective;53
5.1;2.0 Introduction;53
5.2;2.1 Previous works;53
5.3;2.2 Characteristics of directional verbs;65
5.3.1;2.2.1 Expression of motion;66
5.3.2;2.2.2 Ability to take a locative object;68
5.3.3;2.2.3 Potential to form compound directional complements;72
5.4;2.3 Directional verbs;76
5.4.1;2.3.1 Self-agentive motion events;76
5.4.2;2.3.2 Non-agentive motion events;79
5.4.3;2.3.3 Agentive motion events;81
5.5;2.4 Simple directional complements;86
5.5.1;2.4.1 Self-agentive motion events;86
5.5.2;2.4.2 Non-agentive motion events;89
5.5.3;2.4.3 Agentive motion events;91
5.6;2.5 Compound directional complements;96
5.6.1;2.5.1 Self-agentive motion events;96
5.6.2;2.5.2 Non-agentive motion events;99
5.6.3;2.5.3 Agentive motion events;101
5.7;2.6 State change verbs;107
5.8;2.7 Discussion;114
5.8.1;2.7.1 From verb framing to satellite framing;114
5.8.2;2.7.2 From satellite framing to compounding;136
5.9;2.8 Summary;154
6;3 Directional verbs in modern Chinese dialects. A synchronic perspective;156
6.1;3.0 Introduction;156
6.2;3.1 Previous works;156
6.3;3.2 Lexical variations in directional verbs;184
6.3.1;3.2.1 Forms expressing ‘to ascend’;186
6.3.2;3.2.2 Forms expressing ‘to descend’;186
6.3.3;3.2.3 Forms expressing ‘to enter’;187
6.3.4;3.2.4 Forms expressing ‘to return’;187
6.4;3.3 Directional verbs;188
6.4.1;3.3.1 Self-agentive motion events;188
6.4.2;3.3.2 Non-agentive motion events;194
6.4.3;3.3.3 Agentive motion events;197
6.5;3.4 Simple directional complements;198
6.5.1;3.4.1 Self-agentive motion events;198
6.5.2;3.4.2 Non-agentive motion events;206
6.5.3;3.4.3 Agentive motion events;212
6.6;3.5 Compound directional complements;223
6.6.1;3.5.1 Self-agentive motion events;223
6.6.2;3.5.2 Non-agentive motion events;228
6.6.3;3.5.3 Agentive motion events;233
6.7;3.6 Discussion;240
6.7.1;3.6.1 Modern Chinese dialects and Talmy’s typology of motion events;241
6.7.1.1;3.6.1.1 Self-agentive motion events;241
6.7.1.2;3.6.1.2 Non-agentive motion events;243
6.7.1.3;3.6.1.3 Agentive motion events;244
6.7.2;3.6.2 Classification of modern Chinese dialects;249
6.7.2.1;3.6.2.1 Classification of Min;257
6.7.2.1.1;3.6.2.1.1 Directional verbs in three Min dialects;258
6.7.2.1.1.1;3.6.2.1.1.1 Self-agentive motion events;260
6.7.2.1.1.2;3.6.2.1.1.2 Agentive motion events;262
6.7.2.1.2;3.6.2.1.2 Simple directional complements in three Min dialects;262
6.7.2.1.2.1;3.6.2.1.2.1 Self-agentive motion events;262
6.7.2.1.2.2;3.6.2.1.2.2 Agentive motion events;263
6.7.2.1.3;3.6.2.1.3 Compound directional complements in three Min dialects;265
6.7.2.1.3.1;3.6.2.1.3.1 Self-agentive motion events;265
6.7.2.1.3.2;3.6.2.1.3.2 Agentive motion events;266
6.7.2.2;3.6.2.2 Classification of Mandarin;273
6.7.2.3;3.6.2.3 Classification of Hakka;278
6.8;3.7 Summary;283

Über Autor(innen)

Carine Yuk-man Yiu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China.