CUHK-EHESS Symposium on Language and Cultural Contact Along the Frontiers of China, Ancient and Modern
It is only in recent decades that studies on contact-induced linguistic change in China have begun to be examined from the point of view of transferral from unrelated languages into the Chinese dialects (Sinitic, Sino-Tibetan). The celebrated case relates to the Northwestern region of China, where non-standard varieties of Mandarin have undergone massive structural change to their word order and morphology under the impact of Turkic, Mongolic and Tibetic. A second focus has concentrated on the Far South of China, examining contact phenomena between Zhuang (Kra-Dai) and Sinitic languages. The Symposium aims to explore the outcomes of language and cultural change for certain lesser-known contact situations, relating to past and present frontiers of China, along which diverse cultures and peoples have continuously intermingled.
Date: 28 March 2024 (Thursday)
Time: 09:15 – 18:30
On-site participation: Activities Room & Conference Room, 2/F, East Wing, Art Museum, CUHK
Online broadcasting: ZOOM
Language: Chinese/English
Registration: Click here
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