Toward a typology of question particles in the languages of China

•The languages of China favor question particles (QPs).•The QPs in the languages of China are mostly sentence-final.•Contrary to the WALS coding, 12 languages employ polar QPs.•QPs are often used in wh-questions in the languages of China. Having surveyed 138 languages spoken in China, this paper att...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Lingua 2017-05, Vol.191-192, p.81-93
Hauptverfasser:	Luo, Tianhua, Wu, Yicheng
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Chinese languages Function words Language typology Position Question particle Questions The languages of China Typological analysis Typology Wh phrases
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