A Diachronic and Synchronic Examination of the Disposal Construction in Min and Mandarin Chinese
The process of language development is quite complex, it occurs under the interactions between diachronic derivation and synchronic derivation. This paper examines the development of Chinese language through the scope of disposal construction to provide evidence that diachronic and synchronic deriva...
Main Author: | Chang, Chunching |
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Format: | Others |
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2012
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/898 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2046&context=theses |
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