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Chinese Dialect Classification : a comparative approach to Harngjou, Old Jintarn, and Common Northern Wu.
This volume is an investigation and classification of dialects along the Wu and Jiang-Hwai Mandarin border in China's eastern Yangtze Valley. It is the first monograph-length study to critically question the traditional single criterion of initial voicing for the classification of Wu dialects a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1999.
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| Colección: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ;
v. 188. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume is an investigation and classification of dialects along the Wu and Jiang-Hwai Mandarin border in China's eastern Yangtze Valley. It is the first monograph-length study to critically question the traditional single criterion of initial voicing for the classification of Wu dialects and propose a comprehensive comparative framework as a more successful alternative. Arguing that dialect affiliation is best determined through analysis of dialect correspondence to common phonological systems, the author develops a taxonomic analysis that definitively distinguishes Common Northern Wu and. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (335 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p.[182]-189) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027284334 9027284334 1283128187 9781283128186 9786613128188 661312818X |
| ISSN: | 0304-0763 ; |