The Changing Languages of Guangxi, Southern China

Yang Huang

doi:10.5771/9781793630100

Summary

Based on a case study of the evolution of “finish” morphemes in Yue and Zhuang Tai-Kadai, this book examines how an internal factor (grammaticalization) and an external factor (language contact) interacted to produce the polyfunctionality of the specific “finish” morphemes in the languages of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Southern China. Arguing that the Central Southern Guangxi Region is a micro-linguistic area, Huang also introduces five unique areal features shared by many of its languages.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-3009-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-3010-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 286
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. Maps No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
5. 1. Linguistic Terms No access
  2. Symbols No access
1. 1. Changing Languages No access
  2. Language Contact in China No access
  3. Language Contact in the Guangxi Region No access
2. 1. Synchronic Variation: Describing the Polyfunctionality No access
  2. 1. In the dynamic context, where the predicate is a dynamic/active verb: No access
  3. Grammaticalization No access
  4. 1. Ordinary Contact-Induced Grammaticalization No access
    2. Replica Grammaticalization No access
  5. 1. Quantitative Parameter No access
    2. Criteria No access
    3. Weight Parameter No access
    4. Exclusive Parameter No access
    5. Time-Spread Parameter No access
    6. Geographic Parameter No access
    7. Sociohistorical Parameter No access
  6. Data and Sampling Procedure No access
3. Summary No access
4. Notes No access
1. Geography No access
2. Historical Development: Economy and Society No access
3. Migration and Ethnicity No access
4. 1. 1. Yue Dialect No access
    2. Pinghua Dialect No access
    3. Mandarin No access
    4. Other Chinese Dialects No access
  2. 1. Other Local Indigenous Languages in Guangxi No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
1. Preliminary Background on 晒 /ɬai33/ in NNY No access
2. Is there an Etymon for NNY 晒 /ɬai33/? No access
3. The Main-Verb 晒 /ɬai33/ No access
4. Postverbal Exhaustion Particle 晒 /ɬai33/ No access
5. 1. Activity No access
  2. Achievement No access
  3. Accomplishment No access
  4. Stative No access
6. Conjunction 晒 /ɬai33/ No access
7. Summary of NNY 晒 /ɬai33/ No access
8. 1. Cantonese 晒 /sai33/: An Ancestor No access
  2. 1. [S-V晒-(O)] Configuration No access
    2. [S-V晒-(O)]/[V-得/唔-晒-(O)] Configuration No access
    3. [S-A-晒] Configuration No access
  3. 晒 /sai33/ in Cantonese: Past and Present No access
9. 晒 /sai33/ and Its Cognates in Some Other Yue Dialects No access
10. Discussion: On the Genesis of the Cantonese 晒 /sai33/ No access
11. Conclusion No access
12. Notes No access
1. 1. Liujiang Zhuang: /le:u4/, /θo:t7/, and /ju:n2/ No access
  2. Mashan Zhuang: /le:u4/ and /θa:t7/ No access
  3. Bama Zhuang: /li:u4/ No access
  4. Jingxi Zhuang: /le:u4/ and /ja5/ No access
  5. Longzhou Zhuang: /thu:n3/ and /ja5/ No access
2. Summary No access
3. 1. Rethinking the Source Meaning No access
  2. The Loanword /le:u4/ No access
  3. Grammaticalization of /le:u4/ No access
4. Context-Induced Reinterpretation No access
5. From ‘Finish’ Verb to Universal Quantifier and Superlative No access
6. From ‘Finish’ Verb to Completive and Perfect Aspect Marker No access
7. From ‘Finish’ Verb to Conjunctional Verb and Conjunction No access
8. Grammaticalization of Other ‘Finish’ Grams No access
9. Interim Conclusion No access
10. Toward a Crosslinguistic Attestation No access
11. Conclusion No access
12. Notes No access
1. Determining the Explanatory Value of Language Contact No access
2. Contact-Induced Language Change No access
3. 1. Stage 1 No access
  2. STAGE 2 No access
  3. Stage 3 No access
  4. Stage 4 No access
4. Social Factors: A Propellant No access
5. 1. Main Verb No access
  2. Universal Quantifier No access
  3. Superlative No access
  4. Completive No access
6. 1. Conjunctional Verb No access
  2. Sequential Conjunction (Sequential and Contrasting) No access
7. Summary No access
8. Notes No access
1. Shared Grammaticalization: An Areal Dimension No access
2. 1. Expressives No access
  2. Indefinite Demonstrative 噻 /ɬak7/ No access
  3. Polyfunctional ‘Go’ No access
  4. Polyfunctional ‘Give’ No access
  5. Polyfunctional ‘Take’ No access
3. A Tentative Linguistic Area in Central Southern Guangxi No access
4. Concluding Remarks No access
5. Notes No access
1. Functional Varieties: A Synchronic Description No access
2. Polygrammaticalization: A Diachronic Exploration No access
3. Interplay between Internally and Externally Motivated Change No access
4. Controversy: Migration versus Linguistic Evidence No access
5. Outlook No access
6. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 255 - 274
Index No access Pages 275 - 284
About the Author No access Pages 285 - 286