UID:
edocfu_9959245728702883
Format:
1 online resource (446 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-936981-X
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0-19-994538-1
Content:
This text introduces a new linguistic reconstruction of the phonology, morphology, and lexicon of Old Chinese, the language of the earliest Chinese classical texts (1st millennium BCE).
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Description based upon print version of record.
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""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""
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""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""
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""4.1 The evolution of Old Chinese initial consonants: major processes""""4.1.1 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""
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""4.3 Singleton onsets""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-994537-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-03494-X
Language:
English
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