10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SINITIC»
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Sinitic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Sinitic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chinese Grammar: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives
This book presents pioneering accounts by leading scholars of twelve central aspects of the grammar of Chinese languages.
2
Asia's Orthographic Dilemma
system, and other functional areas of society for nearly a century, despite the high
proportion of Sinitic terms in the language and its alleged mono- syllabism.
Today, the only Vietnamese who know Chinese characters are those who have ...
3
The Columbia History of Chinese Literature
greater than that among the Indic speakers of India. Others would champion the
incongruous application of the term “dialect” to the regional Sinitic vernaculars by
virtue of their all belonging to the same political entity, but the same is true of the
...
4
A Grammar of Mangghuer: A Mongolic Language of China's ...
In fact, it is likely that the non-native speakers of Chinese outnumbered the native
speakers during much of this earlier period, since the Sinitic-speaking
communities tended to be small, isolated settlements in river valleys, which
certainly ...
5
Sprung from Some Common Source: Investigations Into the ...
Investigations Into the Prehistory of Languages Sydney M. Lamb, E. Douglas
Mitchell. The North Sinitic modifier precedes its head, and particles precede
nouns (except for the possessive de, as in fuqin de 'father's') but follow verbs (
except for ...
Sydney M. Lamb, E. Douglas Mitchell, 1991
6
Man’yōshū and the Imperial Imagination in Early Japan
68 as lurie explains, in administrative contexts these variant styles were often not
so much the result of incompetence or ignorance of correct literary sinitic, but of
practical shortcuts that relied on the vernacular compe- tence of readers and ...
7
Argument Structure and Grammatical Relations: A ...
Diachronically, it seems possible to operate with three typological spheres, which
may be termed the Altaic (Turko-Mongolic) sphere, the Sinitic (Chinese) sphere,
and the Bodic (Tibetan) sphere. Features representing the Altaic sphere (as ...
Pirkko Suihkonen, Bernard Comrie, Valery Solovyev, 2012
8
Linguistic Epidemiology: Semantics and Grammar of Language ...
2.2.4 Sino—Tibetan Sino-Tibetan is a large language family which 'consists of
two branches: Sinitic, consisting of the Chinese languages' and 'Tibeto-Burman,
which includes several hundred languages spoken from the Tibetan plateau in
the ...
9
Contact Languages: Ecology and Evolution in Asia
The only feature that is clearly more Sinitic than Malay in the grammar is the
possessive construction. It is possible that the discourse function of the existential
marker is also slightly more Sinitic, while for causatives and passives the
evidence ...
10
Catching Language: The Standing Challenge of Grammar Writing
A typology of negative verbs of existence and possession in Sinitic languages. In
Current issues in Sino-Tibetan Linguistics, Hajime Kitamura, Tatsuo Nishida and
Yasuhiko Nagano (eds.), 303–311. Osaka: 26th ICSTLL Organizing Committee.
Felix K. Ameka, Alan Dench, Nicholas Evans, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SINITIC»
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Sinitic is used in the context of the following news items.
Auckland's great, big melting pot
Chinese languages, including Sinitic - described in the census data as a Chinese language not further defined - and Northern Chinese, which includes ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
The Bali Khama a Beach Resort & spa
Sinitic Solutions to Semantical Problems (3/27/2015) Tourism Minister Wants to Allow Chinese Tour Guides to Work in Bali ... «Bali Discovery, Mar 15»
'Blackmail' economic model
True, at the time it was accepted reluctantly that the Sinitic culture nations of Asia using protectionist policies — Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea and maybe ... «The Japan Times, Dec 14»
China's Tianxia: Do All Under Heaven Need One Arbiter?
They were presented with the dynasty's calendar and received costly items emblematic of the superior Sinitic civilization. The result was datong, or great ... «YaleGlobal Online, Oct 14»
Here's why the name of Hong Kong's “Umbrella Movement” is so …
The seven major Sinitic (meaning, Chinese) language branches: Mandarin, Xiang, Gan, Wu, Yue, Min, and Hakka/Kejia. While the Chinese government says all ... «Quartz, Oct 14»
China's first convoy of Hajj pilgrims leaves Ningxia
... otherwise known as East Turkestan, where the Muslims are largely of a Turkic ethnic background, the Hui population are a Sinitic race that accepted Islam. «www.worldbulletin.net, Sep 14»
First impressions from the Middle Kingdom
Zhongguo, which means Middle/Central State and is often translated as Middle/Central Kingdom, is the most common Sinitic name for the country I arrived on ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Jul 14»
'China's Ten Most Difficult Dialects' list proves popular but …
Regardless of their "difficulty" level for Putonghua speakers, however, these dialects/Sinitic languages are a rich treasure trove of Chinese culture - particularly ... «Shanghaiist, May 14»
Shanghai Laments Loss of TV Show in Local Dialect
''In some ways Shanghainese is doing quite well in comparison to other Sinitic languages,'' he said. ''Shanghainese have a lot of pride in their language and ... «New York Times, May 14»
East Asian expert shares cultural insights
Bernards specializes in modern Chinese and Southeast Asian literature and cinema, transnational Sinophone and Sinitic-language cultural studies, and ... «USC News, Apr 14»
