Zhoutun. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chenlei Zhou.
• Authors: Zhou, Chenlei
• Contents: Contents Dedication Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Phonology Chapter 3: Nouns and noun phrases 3.1 Definition 3.2 Word formation 3.2.1 Affixation 3.2.2 Reduplication 3.2.3 Compounding 3.3 Number 3.3.1 =mɤ 3.3.2 =liɛ 3.4 Case relations 3.4.1 Dative-accusative =xa /=a 3.4.2 Comitative-instrumental =laÞ 3.4.3 Ablative =tha 3.4.4 Locative =li and =xɑÞ 3.4.5 Genitive =tɤ 3.4.6 Comparative khaÞ 3.5 Referentiality 3.5.1 Generic 3.5.2 Individual Chapter 4: Verbs and verb phrases 4.1 Definition 4.2 Aspect 4.2.1 Perfective 4.2.2 Future 4.2.3 Ingressive 4.2.4 Progressive 4.2.5 Resultative 4.2.6 Experiential 4.2.7 The expression of tense 4.3 Modality 4.3.1 Dynamic modality 4.3.2 Epistemic modality 4.3.3 Deontic modality 4.3.4 Evidentiality 4.3.5 Negation 4.4 Serial verb construction 4.5 Verb-complement constructions 4.5.1 Verb-direction constructions 4.5.2 Verb-result construction 4.5.3 Verb-degree construction 4.6 Valance changing 4.7 Possession and Existence Chapter 5: Adjectives and adverbs 5.1 Adjectives 5.1.1 Identify adjectives and verbs 5.1.2 Adjectives as modifiers 5.1.3 Adjectives as predicates 5.2 Adverbs 5.2.1 Position 5.2.2 Some common adverbs 5.2.3 Reduplication Chapter 6: Minor word classes 6.1 Pronoun 6.1.1 First person 6.1.2 Second person 6.1.3 Third person 6.1.4 Reflexive 6.1.5 Locutor-referential 6.2 Demonstratives 6.2.1 The system 6.2.2 Animate and inanimate referents 6.2.3 Location referents 6.2.4 Manner and degree 6.3 Interrogative words 6.3.1 tuɤ -words 6.3.2 a- words 6.3.3 -mɤ words 6.3.4 Others 6.4 Numerals 6.4.1 Cardinal and ordinal numerals 6.4.2 Fractional numerals 6.5 Classifiers 6.5.1 Nominal classifiers 6.5.2 Verbal classifiers 6.5.3 The position of Num+CL and noun 6.6 Final particles 6.6.1 ti 6.6.2 pa 6.6.3 li 6.6.4 xuɑÞ 6.6.5 kɤ 6.6.6 ta 6.6.7 ia 6.6.8 mɤ 6.6.9 pɨ 6.6.10 sa 6.6.11 Summary 6.7 Adpositions 6.7.1 Prepositions 6.7.2 Postpositions 6.8 Coordinators 6.8.1 Conjunctive coordinator 6.8.2 Disjunctive coordinators Chapter 7: Clause structure 7.1 Word order 7.2 Ditransitive construction 7.3 Copula clause 7.4 Comparative clause 7.4.1 Comparative construction 7.4.2 Comparative construction of equality 7.4.3 Superlative construction 7.5 Imperative clause 7.5.1 The form of imperative clauses 7.5.2 The negation of imperative clause 7.6 Interrogative clause 7.6.1 Yes-no question 7.6.2 Wh-question 7.6.3 Alternative question 7.6.4 Tag question 7.7 Subordinate clause 7.7.1 Relative clause 7.7.2 Complement clause 7.7.3 Adverbial clause 7.8 Topic structure References Appendix I. Narrative: The past life in Zhoutun II. List of abbreviations
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 495.17; Zhoutun -- Grammar; Chinese language -- Dialects -- China -- Qinghai Sheng; Endangered languages -- China -- Qinghai Sheng
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000609943; 9781000609936; 9781003219361
• Related ISBNs: 9781032113173
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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