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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Main Author: LaPolla, Randy J.
Other Authors: Wang, Willaim S.-Y.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: 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
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