{"product_id":"the-diachronic-development-of-modal-barbara-meisterernst-9783110737783","title":"The Diachronic Development of Modal Expressions in Chinese: From Late Archaic to Middle Chinese","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe present study is the first to apply a syntactic approach to the grammaticalization of Chinese modals, based on hypotheses on cross-linguistic diachronic developments of modals from lexical to functional categories as upward movement on a functional spine. The temporal framework of the study covers Late Archaic and Middle Chinese. Early Middle Chinese is a crucial turning point for the development of Chinese from a more synthetic to a more analytic language. This change is attributed e.g. to the loss of a former morphology, which also affects the modal system. Against this background, the negative cycle of Chinese, the relevance of polarity contexts, and the development of a new system of deontic, epistemic and future markers are analyzed. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition to a comprehensive analysis of the syntactic processes involved in the diachronic changes of the Chinese modal system, the study also provides a comparison with the syntax of grammaticalization of the thoroughly discussed Germanic modals. This constitutes a broad basis for further analyses of the changes in the Chinese language during its long written history, but also for cross-linguistic studies on the syntax of grammaticalization and on linguistic universals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Meisterernst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110737787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110737783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter Mouton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Barbara Meisterernst","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46199198548223,"sku":"9783110737783","price":140.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9652e353-4688-465a-a3ee-53aec815734c.jpg?v=1727925342","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-diachronic-development-of-modal-barbara-meisterernst-9783110737783","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}