Sicong Dong
List of John Benjamins publications in which Sicong Dong is involved.
Articles
2026 A typological study of rainfall expressions in Sino-Tibetan languages Studies in Language 50:1, pp. 68–108 | Article
This study investigates the encoding strategies and morphosyntax of rainfall expressions across 222 Sino-Tibetan language varieties. The analysis reveals that 76.6% of these varieties encode rainfall events with the argument type, wherein only the argument carries the meteorological meaning,… read more
2024 Interrogatives of reason in Tibeto-Burman languages of Sichuan Language and Linguistics 25:2, pp. 187–233 | Article
This is a typological study of the why-interrogative expressions in Tibeto-Burman languages, or the non-Chinese Sino-Tibetan languages, in Sichuan, southwest China. After examining 22 languages/dialects, the interrogative category of reason is grouped into three types, viz. the distinct… read more