The Chinese copula SHI and Its Origin: A Congnitive-based Approach
This paper discusses the proposals of Li and Thompson (1977), Yen (1986), and Feng (1993) in relation to the development of the Chinese copula and argues that Li and Thompson’s suggestion of a topic mechanism, Yen’s analogical change, and Feng’s phonological pause are unsatisfactory in explaining th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Crane Publishing Co
2006-06-01
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| Series: | Taiwan Journal of Linguistics |
| Online Access: | http://tjl.nccu.edu.tw/volume4-1/copula-shi_0619.pdf |