UID:
almafu_9959236943202883
Format:
1 online resource (257 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-283-31342-1
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9786613313423
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90-272-7791-5
Series Statement:
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, v. 77
Content:
This volume owes its genesis to a series of lectures on various aspects of the historical phonology of Asian languages, sponsored by the Asian Linguistics Colloquium of the Department of Asian Languages and Literature of the University of Washington, in Seattle. The volume includes papers on both theoretical and applied aspects of Asian linguistics, and topics examined include vowel harmony, dialect variation and "inherent variability", historical reconstruction based on written records, historical reconstruction based on the comparative method, accentology, and language standardization. While
Note:
Chiefly revised papers based on a series of lectures, 1985-1986, sponsored by the Asian Linguistics Colloquium of the Dept. of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington, Seattle.
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Half title and spine title: Historical phonology of Asian languages.
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STUDIES IN THE HISTORICAL PHONOLOGY OF ASIAN LANGUAGES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ZHOU AND HAN PHONOLOGY IN THE SHIJING; VOWEL HARMONY LOSS IN URALIC AND ALTAIC; THE OLD CHINESE TERRESTRIAL RAMES IN SAEK; DIACHRONIC ASPECTS OF REGULAR DISHARMONY IN MODERN UYGHUR; VLAX PHONOLOGICAL DIVERGENCE FROM COMMON ROMANI: IMPLICATIONS FOR STANDARDIZATION AND ORTHOGRAPHY; DIALECTS, DIGLOSSIA, AND DIACHRONIC PHONOLOGY IN EARLY INDO-ARYAN
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THE EMERGENCE OF THE SYLLABLE TYPES OF STEMS (C)VCC(V) AND (C)VC(V) IN INDO-ARYAN AND DRAVIDIAN: CONSPIRACY OR CONVERGENCE?HOW MANY VERNER'S LAWS DOES AN ALTAICIST NEED?; NASALS IN OLD SOUTHERN CHINESE; PROTO-KOREAN AND THE ORIGIN OF KOREAN ACCENT; INDEX OF LANGUAGES; INDEX OF NAMES
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-3574-0
Language:
English
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