The Emergence of Pragmatic Markers from Chinese Compounds in Chinese, Japanese and Korean /
The Emergence of Pragmatic Markers from Chinese Compounds in Chinese, Japanese and Korean /
edited by Yuko Higashiizumi, Reijirou Shibasak.
- 1 online resource (380 pages) : illustrations.
- Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2025 Studies in Pragmatics ; 26 .
- Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2025. Studies in Pragmatics ; 26. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Emergence of Pragmatic Markers from Chinese Compounds in Chinese, Japanese and Korean offers a new perspective on the evolution of pragmatic markers in language contact and grammaticalization, drawing on data-driven and diachronic studies of Chinese compounds. All the contributors to this volume address the issue of whether compounds of Chinese origin have grammaticalized into discourse markers or pragmatic markers from their earlier lexical forms, either similarly across these languages or in distinct, language-specific ways. The findings presented in this volume suggest that the written-contact-based grammaticalization in these East Asian languages is fundamentally different from the spoken-contact-based grammaticalization reported in many previous studies.
English
9789004730847
10.1163/9789004633544 DOI
Asian Studies.
Languages and Linguistics.
DS501
950
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Emergence of Pragmatic Markers from Chinese Compounds in Chinese, Japanese and Korean offers a new perspective on the evolution of pragmatic markers in language contact and grammaticalization, drawing on data-driven and diachronic studies of Chinese compounds. All the contributors to this volume address the issue of whether compounds of Chinese origin have grammaticalized into discourse markers or pragmatic markers from their earlier lexical forms, either similarly across these languages or in distinct, language-specific ways. The findings presented in this volume suggest that the written-contact-based grammaticalization in these East Asian languages is fundamentally different from the spoken-contact-based grammaticalization reported in many previous studies.
English
9789004730847
10.1163/9789004633544 DOI
Asian Studies.
Languages and Linguistics.
DS501
950