Revisiting the diachronic development of the word order of locative prepositional phrases in Chinese

This study revisits the diachronic development of the word order of locative prepositional phrases (PPs) in Chinese, a topic with significant implications for both typological research and Chinese historical linguistics. Locative PPs in Modern Chinese appear mostly before the verb in the presence of...

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Main Author: Jiang, Ling
Other Authors: Alexander Coupe
Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2025
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181936
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English