01265nam a2200265Ia 4500 TVU_11113 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d 0199297568 9780199297566 eng-chi 495.15 D167 Dan, Xu Typological change in Chinese syntax Xu Dan New York,Oxford Oxford University Press 2006 xii, 259 p. 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-254) and index This new interpretation of the early history of Chinese argues that Old Chinese was typologically a "mixed" language. It shows that, though its dominant word order was subject-verb-object, this coexisted with subject-object-verb. Xu describes the typological changes that have taken place since the Han period and shows how Chinese evolved into a more analytic language, supporting her exposition with abundant examples from recently discovered texts. She focusses on syntactic issues, but pays close attention to closely related changes in phonology and the writing system Chinese language Xu Dan Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh