Typological change in Chinese syntax /

Interpreting the early history of Chinese, this title argues that Old Chinese was typologically a 'mixed' language. It shows that, though its dominant word order was subject-verb-object this coexisted with subject-object-verb. It also describes the typological changes that have taken place...

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Main Author:	Xu, Dan, 1955-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:	Oxford linguistics.
Subjects:	Chinese language > Syntax. Chinois (Langue) > Syntaxe. Chinese language > Syntax Chinesisch Syntax Kinesiska språket > syntax. Linguistics. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES. Psycholinguistics. Phonetics & Phonology. Electronic books.
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