Sinitic grammar. Synchronic and diachronic perspectives. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-829977-X.2nd edition 2004 retitled: Chinese grammar. Synchronic and diachronic perspectives

This book melds historical and typological approaches in the examination of grammatical phenomena in order to show the extent to which both earlier stages of Chinese, as well as the modern dialects, differ from standard Mandarin. Each essay investigates a Chinese language, dialect, or historical period, and the introduction describes the history and geography of Sinitic languages.This represents the first major work in English on Chinese dialectology and Sinitic languagesand contains cutting-edge analyses on the grammar of little-explored Chinese languages.The comprehensive introduction provides up-to-date overview of the history and geographical distribution of the 10 major Chinese dialect groups and includes new dialect map of China.For the convenience of readers, Chinese language examples presented in both character and romanized forms.