Title: Typological change in Chinese syntax /
Authors: Xu, Dan.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Chinese language Syntax.
Abstract: 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 since the Han period.