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On some endangered Sinitic languages spoken in Northwestern China

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This paper will examine one of the most characteristic syntactic properties of languages, namely the case system for the following three Sinitic languages spoken in Northwestern China: Línxià (or HézhÅ u), TÄ ngwÄ ng, GÄ ngÅ u, which have been sometimes viewed as ‘mixed languages’. An answer to the following main questions will be tentatively suggested in the conclusion: do we really have case suffixes in these languages (cases are a morphological notion) or simply thematic roles expressed by postpositions (thematic roles are a semantic notion)? Do we really have a Qinghai-Gansu linguistic area (Sprachbund), as has been suggested? Can these Sinitic languages be characterized as being mixed languages?

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  • Peyraube, Alain, 2018. "On some endangered Sinitic languages spoken in Northwestern China," European Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 26(1), pages 130-146, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:eurrev:v:26:y:2018:i:01:p:130-146_00
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