A Grammar of Prinmi: Based on the Central Dialect of Northwest Yunnan, China - Couverture rigide

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Ding, Picus Sizhi

 
9789004277823: A Grammar of Prinmi: Based on the Central Dialect of Northwest Yunnan, China
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 900427782X ISBN 13 : 9789004277823
Editeur : Brill, 2014

Synopsis

A Grammar of Prinmi represents the first in-depth description of a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Pǔmǐ Nationality and the Zàng Nationality (in Mùlǐ, Sichuan) in southwest China. Prinmi belongs to the Qiangic branch and is closely related to the extinct language of Tangut.
Picus Ding examines in the grammar the phonology (both segmental and suprasegmental), morphology, syntax and information structure of Prinmi, with two sample texts and an English-Prinmi glossary provided in appendices. Some noteworthy features of Prinmi include a wealth of clitics (appearing as proclitic, enclitic, mesoclitic or endoclitic), a lexical tone system akin to Japanese, and a collection of existential verbs that discriminates concreteness, animacy, and location.

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À propos de l?auteur

Picus S. Ding, Ph.D. (1998), Australian National University, teaches at the School of Humanities of the University of Hong Kong. His research and publications concern largely languages of China and languages in the Sinosphere, especially minority languages.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
900427782X
ISBN 13 
9789004277823
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
408
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Personne responsable
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