The Workshop was held in conjunction with ALT9, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 21-24 July 2011.The Chinese-speaking people have developed a sizable population for centuries over a vast territory. Nowadays, the Han Chinese speak a large variety of Chinese topolects, many of which have become separate languages from the point of view of linguistic science (Thurgood and LaPolla 2003). While these Chinese languages all belong to the Sinitic family, they diverge in several regards chiefly due to intensive contact with indigenous non-Chinese languages in the peripheral regions (cf. Norman 1988). In this talk, I will outline the typological profile of the average Chinese language, based on major members of …postprintWorkshop on Typological Studies of Languages of China, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 21 July 2011.中国语言类型学工作坊, 香港大学人文学院语言学系, 2011年7月21日
