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- Title
Typological variation across Mandarin dialects: An areal perspective with a quantitative approach.
- Authors
Pui Yiu Szeto; Ansaldo, Umberto; Matthews, Stephen
- Abstract
This study explores the range and diversity of the typological features of Mandarin, the largest dialect group within the Sinitic branch of the Sino- Tibetan family. Feeding the typological data of 42 Sinitic varieties into the phylogenetic program NeighborNet, we obtained network diagrams suggesting a north-south divide in the Mandarin dialect group, where dialects within the Amdo Sprachbund cluster at one end and those in the Far Southern area cluster at the other end, highlighting the impact of language contact on the typological profiles of various Mandarin dialects.
- Subjects
MANDARIN dialects; SINO-Tibetan languages; LINGUISTIC typology; LANGUAGE &; languages; QUANTITATIVE research
- Publication
Linguistic Typology, 2018, Vol 22, Issue 2, p233
- ISSN
1430-0532
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/lingty-2018-0009