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Languages and Genes in Northwestern China and Adjacent Regions
. Ed(S): Xu, Dan; Li, Hui
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Hardback. Editor(s): Xu, Dan; Li, Hui. Num Pages: 119 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 43 colour illustrations, 30 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; JHM; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book presents an investigation of language contact, focusing on Northwestern China. It breaks down the barrier between human sciences and natural sciences in order to reconsider the diversity of languages on the basis of the latest research findings from genetics, linguistics, and other domains, offering valuable insights into when and how the divergence of languages and genes began and language and gene admixture and replacement occurred. The book focuses on language evolution between the border of Gansu and Qinghai Province in China, but the research doesn’t neglect the area beyond China’s northern borders. Manchu, a dying language belonging to ... Read more
This book presents an investigation of language contact, focusing on Northwestern China. It breaks down the barrier between human sciences and natural sciences in order to reconsider the diversity of languages on the basis of the latest research findings from genetics, linguistics, and other domains, offering valuable insights into when and how the divergence of languages and genes began and language and gene admixture and replacement occurred. The book focuses on language evolution between the border of Gansu and Qinghai Province in China, but the research doesn’t neglect the area beyond China’s northern borders. Manchu, a dying language belonging to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
119
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811041686
SKU
V9789811041686
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Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Xu, Dan; Li, Hui
Dan Xu, Ph.D. is Exceptional Category Professor (Professeur de classe exceptionnelle) at the INALCO (Institut des Langues et Civilisations Orientales) in France. In 2009 she was elected Senior Member at IUF (University Institute of France). Her research interests focus on syntax in Chinese, language typology and language contacts. Her major works include: 1996/2010. (second printing) Initiation à la syntaxe chinoise ... Read more
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