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<<An Overview of Cantonese Sentence Final Particles >>
<<An Overview of Cantonese Sentence Final Particles >>
(Chaak Ming Lau, Hong Kong Education University)
(Chaak Ming Lau, Hong Kong Education University)
Cantonese is known for its large inventory of sentence-final particles, featuring tens of identifiable morphemes that can be combined under strict ordering constraints into at least a hundred combinations. These particles raise several questions. Synchronically, how do they fit into (or challenge) known analyses of a universal left-periphery? From a diachronic perspective, how did the number of particles grow over time? What were the driving forces? This seminar reviews existing literature on Cantonese SFPs, and proposes a new account, currently under development, that better explains data from historical records and synchronic data from Hong Kong Cantonese and nearby Yue varieties.
Cantonese is known for its large inventory of sentence-final particles, featuring tens of identifiable morphemes that can be combined under strict ordering constraints into at least a hundred combinations. These particles raise several questions. Synchronically, how do they fit into (or challenge) known analyses of a universal left-periphery? From a diachronic perspective, how did the number of particles grow over time? What were the driving forces? This seminar reviews existing literature on Cantonese SFPs, and proposes a new account, currently under development, that better explains data from historical records and synchronic data from Hong Kong Cantonese and nearby Yue varieties.
<<New Perspectives on the Subgrouping of Tibetic languages: A New Subgroup within the Eastern Branch>>
(Daai-Syut Yeung, Sorbonne Nouvelle University)
Historical linguistics examines language relationships through tree models, with Tibetic languages forming a major branch of the Sino-Tibetan family. Despite their geographic spread across six countries and notable diversity, a systematic subgrouping of Tibetic languages remains incomplete. This talk presents the first detailed analysis of the understudied Eastern Section dialects in Thebo County, Gansu, using shared innovations, lexical evidence, and phylogenetic methods to propose a new subgrouping.
Historical linguistics examines language relationships through tree models, with Tibetic languages forming a major branch of the Sino-Tibetan family. Despite their geographic spread across six countries and notable diversity, a systematic subgrouping of Tibetic languages remains incomplete. This talk presents the first detailed analysis of the understudied Eastern Section dialects in Thebo County, Gansu, using shared innovations, lexical evidence, and phylogenetic methods to propose a new subgrouping.
<<A practical introduction to Shuo Wen Jie Zi” >>
<<A practical introduction to Shuo Wen Jie Zi” >>
(David Uher and Tereza Slamenikova, Palacký University Olomouc)
(David Uher and Tereza Slamenikova, Palacký University Olomouc)
In this seminar, we will discuss the macrostructure and microstructure of Xu Shen's "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" and the semantic network embedded within.
In this seminar, we will discuss the macrostructure and microstructure of Xu Shen's "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" and the semantic network embedded within.
<<Keywords of post-1989 intellectual discourse: metaphors of social change and intellectual choice in the ‘debate on the spirit of the humanities’ (1993-1995) >>
<<Keywords of post-1989 intellectual discourse: metaphors of social change and intellectual choice in the ‘debate on the spirit of the humanities’ (1993-1995) >>
(Giorgio Strafella, Palacký University Olomouc)
(Giorgio Strafella, Palacký University Olomouc)
Participants in this seminar will learn about methaphors and other rhetorical devices that mainland Chinese intellectuals employed to represent societal and cultural change in the country following the 1989 protest movement and Deng Xiaoping’s relaunch of economic reforms in 1992. The seminar will also explore the spatial metaphors that intellectuals used to discuss their social role and status. The content of the seminar is based on findings from the analysis of a corpus of a hundred essays and dialogues published in the mid-1990s.
Participants in this seminar will learn about methaphors and other rhetorical devices that mainland Chinese intellectuals employed to represent societal and cultural change in the country following the 1989 protest movement and Deng Xiaoping’s relaunch of economic reforms in 1992. The seminar will also explore the spatial metaphors that intellectuals used to discuss their social role and status. The content of the seminar is based on findings from the analysis of a corpus of a hundred essays and dialogues published in the mid-1990s.
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