The Tangwang Language

An Interdisciplinary Case Study in Northwest China

Dan Xu (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XIX, 184 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
9783319592282 (ISBN)

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This book studies the Tangwang language, providing the first comprehensive grammar in English of this Chinese variety, with detailed analysis of its phonology, morphology, and syntax. This fills a gap in the literature, as previously only a few articles on this language were available. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach, examining genetic data to determine historical patterns of population migration, as well as linguistic data that focus on the influence of the Dongxiang (Santa) language as a consequence of language contact on the Silk Road. The concluding chapter argues that Tangwang has not yet become a mixed language, and that syntactic borrowing has a stronger impact than lexical borrowing on languages.

Dan Xu, Ph.D. is Exceptional Category Professor (Professeur de classe exceptionnelle) at the INALCO (Institut des Langues et Civilisations Orientales) in France. In 2009 she was elected Senior Member at IUF (University Institute of France). Her research interests focus on syntax in Chinese, language typology and language contacts. Her major works include: 1996/2010. (second printing) Initiation à la syntaxe chinoise [Introduction to Chinese Syntax] Paris: l'Asiathèque. 2006/2014 (Reprinted in China by World Publishing Corporation). Typological change in Chinese Syntax, Oxford University Press. 2014. Tangwang hua yanjiu [Studies of the Tangwang language] Beijing: Minzu chubanshe. 2017 (To appear) Chuanshi wenxian yu chutu wenxian de lishi jufa yanjiu. [Studies on diachronic syntax based on transmitted and excavated texts] Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan [Commercial Press] (To appear). Project leader of the ACI (03 3 26) Space and its representations in East Asia’s languages (2003–2007), the ANR (ANR-06-BLAN0259) Quantification and Plurality (2006-2011), the ANR (ANR-12-BSH2-0004-01) Is there a correlation between languages and genes?-Studies in the Northwest area in China (2012 -2016).

Preface.- List of Abbreviations.- Introduction.- 1. Language Admixture and Replacement in Northwestern China.- 2. Historical, Religious and Genetic Contexts of Tangwang.- 3. The Tangwang Language Phonology.- 4. Tangwang Morphology.- 5. Tangwang Syntax.- 6. About "mixed language".- Annex.- Story in Tangwang.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.07.2017
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 184 p. 36 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	468 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Afro-Asiatic languages • Altaic languages • grammar • grammar of Tangwang • Grammar, syntax & morphology • Grammar, syntax & morphology • language contact in China • language education • Language: history & general works • Language: history & general works • language policy in China • Language: reference & general • Language: reference & general • languages in China • Language teaching & learning • Language teaching & learning • Oriental Languages • Social Sciences • Syntax
ISBN-13	9783319592282 / 9783319592282
Zustand	Neuware