Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) ›› 2007, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 1-12.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2007.05.001

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A Study of the grammatical types of Han-Tibet language family

Xing HUANG   

  1. Institute of Ethnography and Anthropology, China Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
  • Received:2007-06-30 Online:2007-09-25 Published:2007-09-25

Abstract:

The languages in the Han- Tibet language family have been classified according to the criteria of linguistic typology, but in this effort the role of grammatical types has not been fully acknowledged. The author challenges the conventional understanding that function word and word order are the main grammatical means of Han - Tibet languages. He examines three open notional words, i. e., nouns, verbs and adjectives, and concludes that Han - Tibet languages fall under the following two grammatical types: the synthetic - cohesive language and the analytic - integrative language.

Key words: Han -Tibet language family, grammatical types, synthetic -cohesive language, analytic -integrative language

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