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Contact-Induced Change in the Languages of Southern China

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The aim of this chapter is to trace the development of contact-induced language change as a subfield of linguistic research in China. We first provide a brief introduction to the history of the field and present relevant research from recent decades. Drawing on data from existing language contact situations, we discuss data on change among languages of southern China. Findings and analytical approaches will contribute to future research on the contact-induced changes occurring between Chinese and the minority languages of southern/southwestern China.

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Abbreviations

1sg:

1st person single

1pl:

1st person plural

2sg:

2nd person single

2dl:

2nd person dual

3sg:

3rd person single

3pl:

3rd person plural

ATTR:

attributive

CL:

classifier

COMP:

complement

DIR:

Directional marker

DIST:

distal

EXP:

experiencer

EXH:

exhaustion particle

GEN:

genitive

GNO:

gnomic evidential

IMPV:

imperfective

INCL:

inclusive

NEG:

negative

NMLZ:

nominalizer

NONPST:

Non-past

PFV:

perfective

PROX:

proximal

PST:

past

PTC:

particle

Q:

question marker

REL:

relativizer

SEME:

semelfactive

>:

becomes/grammaticalizes to/develops into

A< > B:

A corresponds to B

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Wu, F., Huang, Y. (2021). Contact-Induced Change in the Languages of Southern China. In: Ye, Z. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Chinese Language Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6844-8_27-1

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