Junwei Bai
Biographic Data
| ID | 9527723 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Junwei Bai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Junwei |
| FAMILY NAME | Bai |
| SIGNATURE | BAI J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Language and Culture Research Centre James Cook University PO Box 6811 4870 Cairns QLD Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4815-0238 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Beyond “to be”
This paper examines copulas in Munya, a Qiangic language within the Tibeto-Burman family, focusing on how they express identity, existence, location, and possession. While Munya uses a distinct copula for identity, it employs eight polysemous copulas for the other three senses. The selection of these copulas is determined by the properties of what this paper terms the “copula-determining referent”, which can be the copula subject or copula comple…
Northern and Southern Munya Dialects
Munya, a Tibeto‐Burman language spoken in western Sichuan Province in China, is believed to have two dialects, an undescribed eastern dialect and a relatively better‐known western dialect. Based on previous studies and data gathered from fieldwork, I found that the western dialect can be further divided into a northern and a southern dialect. This study will present linguistic evidence for such a dialectal distinction and will discuss some diachr…
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Northern and Southern Munya Dialects
Munya, a Tibeto‐Burman language spoken in western Sichuan Province in China, is believed to have two dialects, an undescribed eastern dialect and a relatively better‐known western dialect. Based on previous studies and data gathered from fieldwork, I found that the western dialect can be further divided into a northern and a southern dialect. This study will present linguistic evidence for such a dialectal distinction and will discuss some diachr…
Beyond “to be”
This paper examines copulas in Munya, a Qiangic language within the Tibeto-Burman family, focusing on how they express identity, existence, location, and possession. While Munya uses a distinct copula for identity, it employs eight polysemous copulas for the other three senses. The selection of these copulas is determined by the properties of what this paper terms the “copula-determining referent”, which can be the copula subject or copula comple…
Computer Science (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Copula (linguistics) (1 work) · Econometrics (1 work) · Geography (1 work) · History (1 work)