Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics
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Subject: Language And Linguistics
Editor-in-Chief: Rint SYBESMA, Leiden University
Associate Editors: Wolfgang BEHR University of Zürich, Yueguo GU Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zev HANDEL University of Washington, C.-T. James HUANG Harvard University and James MYERS National Chung Cheng University
The Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive overview of the languages of China and the different ways in which they are and have been studied. It provides authoritative treatment of all important aspects of the languages spoken in China, today and in the past, from many different angles, as well as the different linguistic traditions they have been investigated in.
More information: Brill.com
Associate Editors: Wolfgang BEHR University of Zürich, Yueguo GU Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zev HANDEL University of Washington, C.-T. James HUANG Harvard University and James MYERS National Chung Cheng University
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The Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive overview of the languages of China and the different ways in which they are and have been studied. It provides authoritative treatment of all important aspects of the languages spoken in China, today and in the past, from many different angles, as well as the different linguistic traditions they have been investigated in.
More information: Brill.com
Wh-questions, Modern
(2,710 words)
This entry offers a basic description of how
wh-dependencies are built in Chinese, and what type of locality principle they observe. In particular, we discuss how Chinese
wh-construals shed light on issues concerning the existence of covert mov…
Date:
2017-03-02
Wh-questions, Premodern
(2,230 words)
This article introduces the basic structural characteristics of
wh-questions in Late Archaic Chinese (appr…
Date:
2017-03-02
Wh-Words, Non-interrogative Use of
(2,103 words)
Wh-words (i.e., question words) such as
shéi 誰 ‘who’ and
shénme 甚麼 ‘what’ do not only have interrogative readings (Wh-questions, Modern), they also have non-interrogative readings (Chao 1968, Lǚ 1980). Aside from an indefinite interpretation, they can also have a universal interpretation or a free-choice interpretation. Which interpretation the
wh-words have depends on a couple of factors: the environment in which they appear and the type of
wh-words they are. 1. Indefinite Interpretation
Wh-words are typically interpreted as indefinites in
yes-
no questions and conditiona…
Date:
2017-03-02
W (index)
(3,602 words)
waa6 話 complementizer: Functional Projections | Say-Complementizers: shuō 說, waa3 話, kong1 講
Wade, Thomas Francis (1818–1895): Guānhuà 官話, Historical Development | Tonal Notation, Premodern | Transcription Systems: Wade-Giles (English)
Wade-Giles romanization: Transcription Systems: EFEO System (French) | Transcription Systems: for Cantonese | Transcription Systems: Gwoyeu Romatzyh 國語羅馬字 | Transcription Systems: Hànyǔ pīnyīn 漢語拼音 | Transcription Systems: Wade-Giles (English)
wago 和語: Chinese and Japanese
Wàiyǔ jiàoyù qī nián guīhuà gāngyào 外語教育七年規劃綱要 (The outline…