A Grammar of Mangghuer A Mongolic Language of China's Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund [Paperback]

This book is a grammar of Mangghuer, a Mongolic language spoken by approximately 25,000 people in China's northwestern Qinghai Province. Mangghuer is virtually unknown outside China, and no grammar of Mangghuer has ever been published in any language. The book's primary importance is thus as a systematic grammatical description of a little-known language. The book also makes a significant contribution to comparative Mongolic studies. In addition to the synchronic description of Mangghuer, extensive comparison with other Mongolic languages is included, demonstrating the genetic relationship of Mangghuer within that family. In the course of describing Mangghuer linguistic structures, the book also examines issues of interest to linguistic typologists.Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Symbols List of Tables 1. Background 2. Phonology 3. Nouns and Noun Phrases 4. The Clause 5. The Subjective / Objective Speaker Involvement Distinction 6. Clause Combining 7. Reported Speech in Folktale Narratives 8. Language Contact: Summary and Implications Appendix Notes References Index

This is the most thorough and careful study we have to date on Monguor morphosyntax.' - Arienne M. Dwyer, The Journal of Asian Studies

His grammar of Mangghuer is a significant contribution both to Mongolian linguistics and to the study of language contact and areal phenomena. - Gy?rgy Kara, Anthropological Linguistics

This brilliant study is a wonderfully readable and detailed grammar of the Monguor language as it is spoken in M?nh? county in Qingh?i province& An insightful and well-written contribution of lasting value. - George van Driem, Studies in Language

'[A] valuable and pioneering presentation of Mangghuer grammar.' - Juha Janhunen, Studia Orientalia

 

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