The typology of motion events
Subtitle: an empirical study of Chinese dialects
By: by Carine Yuk-man Yiu
Series: Empirical approaches to language typology -- 53; Empirical approaches to language typology -- 53.
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9783110335774
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Direction in language; Chinese language; Dialects; Verb; Typology (Linguistics)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Directional verbs in modern Cantonese. A typological perspective; title: Directional verbs in modern Chinese dialects. A synchronic perspective; title: Directional verbs in early Chinese dialects. A diachronic perspective; title: Conclusion.