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PrefaceAcknowledgementsNotes on contributorsPART I: Approaches to Diversity in Sinitic Languages1. Introduction: Ways of tackling diversity in Sinitic languages, Hilary M. Chappell2. Linguistic areas in China for differential object marking, passive, and comparative constructions, Hilary M. Chappell3. Grammatical change in Sinitic languages and its relation to typology, Alain PeyraubePART II: Typological Studies of Sinitic Languages4. The semantic differentiation of demonstratives in Sinitic languages, Yujie Chen5. Bare classifier phrases in Sinitic languages: A typological perspective, Wang Jian6. The comparative construction in Sinitic languages: Synchronic and diachronic variation, Hilary M. Chappell and Alain PeyraubePART III: Individual Studies of Linguistic Micro-Areas7. Language contact in Nanning: Nanning Pinghua and Nanning Cantonese, Hilario de Sousa8. On the origin of special numerals for 'one' in southeastern China: [kɛi213] in the northwestern Min dialect of Shaowu, Sing Sing Ngai9. Complex pronouns in Wu Chinese: Focalization and topicalization, XuPing Li10. Comparative constructions of inequality in the Southern Min dialect of Hui'an, Weirong ChenReferencesIndex