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This is the first comprehensive grammar of Shaowu, a Min language
spoken in Shaowu city and its environs in northwestern Fujian
province, China. The book offers first-hand linguistic data
collected over four years in the field, now placed at the disposal
of researchers and students working in language documentation,
comparative linguistics and Sinitic typology. It can serve as a
reference grammar for those interested in learning the Shaowu
language, thereby helping to preserve it. In addition, the book
provides insights into Shaowu's classification which has been
widely debated, thus elucidating its genetic affiliation. The book
first presents Shaowu's geography, demography and history. It then
profiles the language's phonology and lexicon, before providing a
detailed description of its syntax, notably on its nominal,
predicate, clausal and complex sentence structures, which are the
focus of the book. The typological profile of Shaowu is also
treated with the conclusion that the language has Gan, Hakka,
Mandarin and even some Wu overlays on its Min base. The Shaowu
language serves an excellent example to illustrate the degree of
hybridity a language can attain due to intensive language contact
over time.
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