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The Typology of Motion Events An Empirical Study of Chinese Dialects

:	Carine Yuk-man Yiu
:	The Typology of Motion Events An Empirical Study of Chinese Dialects
:	De Gruyter Mouton
:	9783110341768
:	Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]ISSN
:	1
:	CHF 159.80
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:	Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
:	English

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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.

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

	Acknowledgements	5
	List of maps, figures and tables	12
	List of abbreviations	20
	1 Introduction	21
	1.0 Introduction	21
	1.1 Chinese dialects	22
	1.2 Theoretical background	24
	1.3 Overview of the book	40
	1.4 Data of the present study	43
	1.5 Technical notes	48
	2 Directional verbs in modern Cantonese. A typological perspective	53
	2.0 Introduction	53
	2.1 Previous works	53
	2.2 Characteristics of directional verbs	65
	2.2.1 Expression of motion	66
	2.2.2 Ability to take a locative object	68
	2.2.3 Potential to form compound directional complements	72
	2.3 Directional verbs	76
	2.3.1 Self-agentive motion events	76
	2.3.2 Non-agentive motion events	79
	2.3.3 Agentive motion events	81
	2.4 Simple directional complements	86
	2.4.1 Self-agentive motion events	86
	2.4.2 Non-agentive motion events	89
	2.4.3 Agentive motion events	91
	2.5 Compound directional complements	96
	2.5.1 Self-agentive motion events	96
	2.5.2 Non-agentive motion events	99
	2.5.3 Agentive motion events	101
	2.6 State change verbs	107
	2.7 Discussion	114
	2.7.1 From verb framing to satellite framing	114
	2.7.2 From satellite framing to compounding	136
	2.8 Summary	154
	3 Directional verbs in modern Chinese dialects. A synchronic perspective	156
	3.0 Introduction	156
	3.1 Previous works	156
	3.2 Lexical variations in directional verbs	184
	3.2.1 Forms expressing ‘to ascend’	186
	3.2.2 Forms expressing ‘to descend’	186
	3.2.3 Forms expressing ‘to enter’	187
	3.2.4 Forms expressing ‘to return’	187
	3.3 Directional verbs	188
	3.3.1 Self-agentive motion events	188
	3.3.2 Non-agentive motion events	194
	3.3.3 Agentive motion events	197
	3.4 Simple directional complements	198
	3.4.1 Self-agentive motion events	198
	3.4.2 Non-agentive motion events	206
	3.4.3 Agentive motion events	212
	3.5 Compound directional complements	223
	3.5.1 Self-agentive motion events	223
	3.5.2 Non-agentive motion events	228
	3.5.3 Agentive motion events	233
	3.6 Discussion	240
	3.6.1 Modern Chinese dialects and Talmy’s typology of motion events	241
	3.6.1.1 Self-agentive motion events	241
	3.6.1.2 Non-agentive motion events	243
	3.6.1.3 Agentive motion events	244
	3.6.2 Classification of modern Chinese dialects	249
	3.6.2.1 Classification of Min	257
	3.6.2.1.1 Directional verbs in three Min dialects	258
	3.6.2.1.1.1 Self-agentive motion events	260
	3.6.2.1.1.2 Agentive motion events	262
	3.6.2.1.2 Simple directional complements in three Min dialects	262
	3.6.2.1.2.1 Self-agentive motion events	262
	3.6.2.1.2.2 Agentive motion events	263
	3.6.2.1.3 Compound directional complements in three Min dialects	265
	3.6.2.1.3.1 Self-agentive motion events	265
	3.6.2.1.3.2 Agentive motion events	266
	3.6.2.2 Classification of Mandarin	273
	3.6.2.3 Classification of Hakka	278
	3.7 Summary	283