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The origin of the adjectival and adverbial mulaolao in Wu Chinese 吴语形容词和副词 "木老 "的起源

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Journal of Chinese Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1353/jcl.2017.a934138

Huayun Wang, Jianguo Xiong, Cenhong Luo

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From analogies to negativity: Pragmatic functions and stance expression of subjective counterfactual ruguo sentence. (In Chinese) 从类比到否定：主观反事实鲁国句的语用功能和句式表达。中文

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Journal of Chinese Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1353/jcl.2017.a934139

Zengwen Song, Xiaoli Wan

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Word Frequency Modulates the Selection of Semantic Access Pathways of Spoken Words in the Second Language 词汇频率调节第二语言中口语词汇语义通路的选择

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Journal of Chinese Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: 10.1353/jcl.2017.a933424

Hao Yan, Yingying Huang, Yanqin Feng, Limin Zhang, Yanlong Zhang, Anna Zhen, Jie Dong

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The Resumptive View of the Cantonese Dummy keoi5 Revisited 重温广东话假名 keoi5 的复古观点

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Journal of Chinese Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: 10.1353/jcl.2017.a933425

Jackie Yan-Ki Lai, Lawrence Yam-Leung Cheung, Yenan Sun

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Phonation types and morpho-phonological structure as linguistic prerequisites of tonogenesis 作为音调发生的语言先决条件的发音类型和形态-语音结构

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Journal of Chinese Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-04-07 DOI: 10.1353/jcl.2017.a924698

Xiaonong Zhu

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VISUALIZING CROSS-LINGUISTIC READING BRAINS: UNIVERSALITY AND INTERACTIVE SPECIFICITIES 跨语言阅读大脑的可视化：普遍性和互动特殊性

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Journal of Chinese Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-08 DOI: 10.1353/jcl.2017.a915059

Jun Ren Lee, Wen-Jui Kuo, Rose Ru-Whui Lee, Ovid J. L. Tzeng

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The apogee of misrepresentations:a long response to Shi (2023). 失实的极致：对史玉柱的长篇回应（2023 年）。

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Journal of Chinese Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1353/jcl.2017.a914086

Yafei Li

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MENTAL STATE, VOLITION AND ARGUMENT REALIZATION 精神状态、意志和论证实现

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Journal of Chinese Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1353/jcl.2017.a915060

J. Xiong, Chu-Ren Huang

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Making some progress on the progressive aspect zài in Mandarin Chinese 在普通话的进步方面取得了一些进展zài

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Journal of Chinese Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1353/jcl.2017.a914087

Waltraud Paul, Shanshan Yan

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不定冠词"个"与江西上饶广丰话的三种无定名词短语 (In Chinese) 不定冠词"个"与江西上饶广丰话的三种无定名词短语 (In Chinese)

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Journal of Chinese Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-11-23 DOI: 10.1353/jcl.2017.a913625

Qingwen Zhang, Cui Jiang

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