Introductory Perspectives on Language Contact: Northern Sinitic Varieties and Neighbouring Languages
Overview & Synopsis
What happens when Chinese is shaped by centuries of contact with Mongolic, Tungusic, Turkic, and Tibetic languages? This volume explores this question through striking case studies of lects like Tangwang and Wutun, where Chinese exhibits unexpected features such as OV word order, case suffixes, and restructured verbal morphology. Drawing on rare fieldwork data, this volume reveals how deep multilingual interaction transforms grammatical systems. It offers a unique contribution to the study of language change, typology, and contact linguistics—essential reading for anyone interested in how languages evolve in complex sociolinguistic environments.
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| Document Title | Introductory Perspectives on Language Contact: Northern Sinitic Varieties and Neighbouring Languages |
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| Author / Organization | Redouane Djamouri, Christine Lamarre, Julie P M Lefort |
| Subject & Discipline | Multidisciplinary Academic Open Research |
| Categories | Science & Mathematics |
| Publication Year | 2025 |
| License / Rights | Open Access / Creative Commons |
| Resource Verification | Listed PDF (Verification Pending) |
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| File Format | application/pdf (Portable Document Format) |
| Language | EN |
| Catalog ID | DOC-180909 |
| Original Source Link | Visit Source Page on hal.science » |