The Typology of Motion Events

Carine Yuk-man Yiu

De Gruyter, 2013

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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.

ISBN-13
9783110335774
ISBN-10
3110335778
Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2013
Publication date
2013-11-28
Pages
425
Dimensions
230x155x
Weight
761