On the Han’er Yanyu of the Yuan Dynasty
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Shengli Zu
Abstract
In 1953, it was Tatsuo Ōta who first raised the question of Han’er yanyu 汉 儿言语 in the history of spoken Chinese. Based on his pioneering study, the article focuses on the Han’er yanyu of the Yuan Dynasty. Applying the general theory of language contact, the article discusses many important issues about Han’er yanyu, such as the nature of Han’er yanyu, the relation between Han’er yanyu, Mongolian Pidgin Chinese and Standard Chinese, the formation, development and the areas of use of Han’er yanyu, the historical texts that reflect Han’er yanyu, etc. Finally, some important lexical and syntactic characteristics of Han’er yanyu are listed.
Abstract
In 1953, it was Tatsuo Ōta who first raised the question of Han’er yanyu 汉 儿言语 in the history of spoken Chinese. Based on his pioneering study, the article focuses on the Han’er yanyu of the Yuan Dynasty. Applying the general theory of language contact, the article discusses many important issues about Han’er yanyu, such as the nature of Han’er yanyu, the relation between Han’er yanyu, Mongolian Pidgin Chinese and Standard Chinese, the formation, development and the areas of use of Han’er yanyu, the historical texts that reflect Han’er yanyu, etc. Finally, some important lexical and syntactic characteristics of Han’er yanyu are listed.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Foreword V
- Contents VII
- List of Abbreviations IX
- Theory and fact – A study of the translated Buddhist scriptures of the Medieval Period from the perspective of language contact 1
- On the origin of the Chinese reflexive ziji from the perspective of the Medieval Chinese Buddhist scriptures 15
- The origin and development of negative exclusive particles in the Chinese language 41
- The postpositions suo 所 and bian 边 in translated Chinese Buddhist scriptures of the Medieval Period 75
- Variant reduplication and four-character state adjectives in Yuan Zaju 96
- The correlation between the Chinese purpose construction “VP + qu (去, ‘go’)” and SOV languages 125
- On the Han’er Yanyu of the Yuan Dynasty 149
- A study of the special syntactic features in Yuan baihua 168
- On the special syntactic features in the vernacular imperial edicts of the early Ming Dynasty (1368–1424) 191
- The influence of language contact on word order of some minority languages in Southern China 205
- Second language acquisition and contactinduced language change in the history of the Chinese language 237
- Postscript 254
- Index 255
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Foreword V
- Contents VII
- List of Abbreviations IX
- Theory and fact – A study of the translated Buddhist scriptures of the Medieval Period from the perspective of language contact 1
- On the origin of the Chinese reflexive ziji from the perspective of the Medieval Chinese Buddhist scriptures 15
- The origin and development of negative exclusive particles in the Chinese language 41
- The postpositions suo 所 and bian 边 in translated Chinese Buddhist scriptures of the Medieval Period 75
- Variant reduplication and four-character state adjectives in Yuan Zaju 96
- The correlation between the Chinese purpose construction “VP + qu (去, ‘go’)” and SOV languages 125
- On the Han’er Yanyu of the Yuan Dynasty 149
- A study of the special syntactic features in Yuan baihua 168
- On the special syntactic features in the vernacular imperial edicts of the early Ming Dynasty (1368–1424) 191
- The influence of language contact on word order of some minority languages in Southern China 205
- Second language acquisition and contactinduced language change in the history of the Chinese language 237
- Postscript 254
- Index 255
