The common origin of diminutives in southern Chinese dialects and Southeast Asian languages
In this paper I discuss the evolution of the four types of diminutives in Wu, Min, Gan and Yue dialects step by step. Type I uses the syllabic suffix jian t to express the diminutive; type II appends a glottal stop 2 as the last segment of the syllable, and adds a tonal alternation to carry a diminu...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178083 |