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Interactions of Sinitic Languages: Introduction

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This chapter provides an overview of the selection of the chapters included in Section 3 of The Palgrave Handbook of Chinese Language Studies. The chapters present a broad picture of the dynamic interactions within Sinitic languages and of those between Sinitic languages and non-Sinitic languages, and explore how such interactions have influenced the formation of diverse Sinitic languages and of the languages with which they have been in contact.

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  1. School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    Zhengdao Ye

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  1. School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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Ye, Z. (2022). Interactions of Sinitic Languages: Introduction. In: Ye, Z. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Chinese Language Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0924-4_26

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