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Chinese dialect classification : a comparative approach to Harngjou, old Jintarn, and common northern Wu / Richard VanNess Simmons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simmons, Richard VanNess.
- Series:
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 188.
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 188
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wu dialects.
- Mandarin dialects.
- Comparative linguistics.
- Chinese language--Phonology.
- Chinese language.
- Chinese language--Morphology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- Contents:
- CHINESE DIALECT CLASSIFICATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM OF HARNGJOU; CHAPTER 2 IDENTIFYING WU DIALECTS; CHAPTER 3 COMMON NORTHERN WU; CHAPTER 4 JINTARNTHE CITY AND ITS DIALECTS; CHAPTER 5 OLD JINTARN AND DANYANG THEIR COMMON SYSTEM AND CORRELATION WITH COMMON NORTHERN WU; CHAPTER 6 A DEMONSTRATION OF THE TAXONOMIC PROCEDURE1; CHAPTER 7 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX 1 INFORMANTS; APPENDIX 2 A SYLLABARY OF OLD JINTARN; APPENDIX 3 OLD JINTARN LEXICON; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[182]-189) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-12818-7
- 9786613128188
- 90-272-8433-4
- OCLC:
- 727649458
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