Sino-Tibetan syntax
This chapter discusses the word order patterns in the Sino-Tibetan languages. The two branches, Sinitic (Chinese) and Tibeto-Burman, differ in that clauses in Sinitic are largely verb-medial while those in Tibeto-Burman are verb-final. This chapter explains both patterns using information structure...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145917 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |