Cargando…
Old Chinese : a new reconstruction /
Phonological reconstruction based on: middle Chinese, old chinese rhymes, modern archaic dialects (Min, Hakka, Waxiang), early loanwords to Vietic, Hmong-Mien, Kra-Dol, early linguistic texts, and comparative insights from Tibeto-Burman.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Chino |
| Publicado: |
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Old Chinese
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 What is Old Chinese?
- 1.1.1 The traditional approach to Old Chinese reconstruction
- 1.1.2 A broader approach
- 1.2 Methodology
- 1.2.1 The nature of linguistic reconstruction
- 1.2.2 Our approach to reconstructing Old Chinese
- 1.3 Plan of the book
- 2 The evidence for Old Chinese
- 2.1 Middle Chinese
- 2.1.1 Sources for Middle Chinese
- 2.1.2 Our notation for Middle Chinese
- 2.1.2.1 The Middle Chinese tones
- 2.1.2.2 The Middle Chinese initials
- ""2.1.2.3 The Middle Chinese finals""""2.2 Old Chinese rhyme evidence""; ""2.3 Evidence from the Chinese script""; ""2.4 Modern Chinese dialects""; ""2.4.1 The Min dialects""; ""2.4.2 The Hakka (KÃ?jia ...) dialects""; ""2.4.3 Waxiang ... or Xianghuà ... dialects""; ""2.5 Early Chinese loanwords in other languages""; ""2.5.1 The Vietic languages""; ""2.5.2 The Hmong-Mien languages""; ""2.5.3 The Kra-Dai languages""; ""2.6 Traditional Chinese texts explicitly discussing language""; ""2.6.1 The substitution of ./. yÃðn for . you in early texts""; ""2.7 Tibeto-Burman""
- ""3 An overview of the reconstruction""""3.1 Onsets: main hypotheses""; ""3.1.1 Pharyngealized onsets in type-A syllables""; ""3.1.2 Uvular initials""; ""3.1.3 Preinitials as the source of Proto-Min voiceless resonants""; ""3.1.4 Loosely attached preinitials as the source of Proto-Min “softened� stops""; ""3.1.5 Tightly attached preinitials as the source of Proto-Min aspirated voiced stops""; ""3.1.6 Preinitials (tight or loose) as the source of Vietic softening""; ""3.1.7 Prenasalization from Old Chinese nasal preinitials in loans to Hmong-Mien""
- ""3.1.8 *N-r(.)- and *m-r(.)- as sources of MC d- and y-""""3.1.9 Preinitial *t- plus velars as a source of Middle Chinese Tsy- initials""; ""3.2 Rhymes""; ""3.3 Root structure, word structure, and affixation""; ""3.3.1 Root structure""; ""3.3.2 Affixation""; ""3.3.2.1 The *N- prefix""; ""3.3.2.2 The *m- prefixes""; ""3.3.2.3 The *s- prefixes""; ""3.3.2.4 The *t- prefixes""; ""3.3.2.5 The *k- prefixes""; ""3.3.2.6 The * infix""; ""3.3.2.7 The *-s suffixes""; ""3.3.3 Word families""; ""3.3.4 Related roots""; ""3.4 The nature of the pre-QÃn script""; ""4 Old Chinese onsets""
- 4.1 The evolution of Old Chinese initial consonants: major processes4.1.1 Pharyngealization
- 4.1.2 Palatalization
- 4.1.3 Retroflexion
- 4.1.4 Secondary voicing
- 4.2 Applying the comparative method within Chinese
- 4.2.1 Proto-Min
- 4.2.1.1 Proto-Min initial stops and affricates
- 4.2.1.2 Proto-Min resonants
- 4.2.1.3 Min affricates corresponding to Middle Chinese fricatives
- 4.2.2 Early loans to other languages
- 4.2.2.1 Vietic
- 4.2.2.2 Hmong-Mien
- 4.2.2.3 Lakkia
- 4.2.3 Inferring Old Chinese manner distinctions from comparative evidence