Chinese Dialect Classification : a comparative approach to Harngjou, Old Jintarn, and Common Northern Wu.

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...

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Main Author: Simmons, Richard VanNess
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1999.
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 188.
Subjects:
Wu dialects.
Mandarin dialects.
Comparative linguistics.
Chinese language > Phonology.
Chinese language > Morphology.
Chinese language > Morphology
Chinese language > Phonology
Comparative linguistics
Mandarin dialects
Wu dialects
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (335 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p.[182]-189) and index.
ISBN:9789027284334
9027284334
1283128187
9781283128186
9786613128188
661312818X
ISSN:0304-0763 ;
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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