Proper Names
Edited by Chia-Jung Pan and Yang Huang
Special issue of Asian Languages and Linguistics 6:1 (2025) v, 252 pp.
Yang Huang
List of John Benjamins publications in which Yang Huang is involved.
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2025 The grammar of proper names in Mebzang nDrapa Proper Names, Pan, Chia-Jung and Yang Huang (eds.), pp. 63–97 | Article
This paper investigates the intricate grammar of proper names within the Mebzang nDrapa language, a highly endangered Tibeto-Burman language spoken by a small community in western Sichuan province, China. The research meticulously examines the classes of proper names, as well as the… read more
2025 Proper names: Setting the scene Proper Names, Pan, Chia-Jung and Yang Huang (eds.), pp. 1–6 | Introduction
2022 Classifiers in nDrapa: A Tibeto-Burman language in Western Sichuan Classifiers, Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (ed.), pp. 202–238 | Article
This paper introduces noun categorization devices in nDrapa. It argues that nDrapa usually requires both numeral classifiers and verbal action classifiers to express classificatory techniques. Morphologically, classifiers are fused with numerals; without the involvement of classifiers, numerals… read more
2018 Central Southern Guangxi as a grammaticalization area New Trends in Grammaticalization and Language Change, Hancil, Sylvie, Tine Breban and José Vicente Lozano (eds.), pp. 105–134 | Chapter
This paper investigates contact-induced grammatical changes that are observed among the Zhuang Tai-Kadai and Sinitic languages in the Central Southern Guangxi Region. Following recent advances in the theoretical analysis of grammaticalization, this paper describes four uncommon grammaticalization… read more