This volume provides a broad introduction to Chinese linguistics, offering an accessible
synthesis of the most relevant topics in the field. Despite the steady growth in interest in …

The paper discusses the role of tense and time from a cross-linguistic perspective by
comparing English (a tensed language) and Mandarin (a language without formal tense …

This paper studies prenominal reduplicative classifier in Cantonese, which has been argued
to be a distributive quantifier on a par with English every/each and Mandarin mei 'every', and …

Sino-Tibetan is a highly diverse language family, in which a wide range of morphological
phenomena and profiles may be found. The family is generally seen as split into two major …

幼兒學習動詞較名詞來得困難, 因為動詞較不具體, 也較難產生意象. 而華語因為缺乏動詞詞尾變
位, 更加劇了這個問題, 使得新的動詞難以辨識. 因為擬聲詞具豐富意象, 本研究探討擬聲詞是否 …

Artificial language learning research has become a popular tool to investigate universal
mechanisms in language learning. However, often it is unclear whether the found effects are …

The aim of this research is to answer the problem, namely what are the forms of verb
reduplication in the Lauje language. The aim of this research is to describe the form of verb …

This study deals with a syntactic analysis of the V-one-V construction that has implications
on the structure of verbal modification in Cantonese. The V-one-V construction is unique in …

Il cinese moderno presenta varie metodologie di formazione delle parole, tra le quali la
composizione, che è di gran lunga il modello di formazione più produttivo in questa lingua …

The increasing body of linguistic research on taboo-related phenomena indicates a
significant change in what can constitute a “proper” object of scholarly attention: taboo words …