31.2141, Books: A Phonological History of Chinese: Shen

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Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2020 23:53:54
From: Rachel Tonkin [rtonkin at cambridge.org]
Subject: A Phonological History of Chinese: Shen

 


Title: A Phonological History of Chinese 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/phonetics-and-phonology/phonological-history-chinese?format=HB 


Author: Zhongwei Shen

Hardback: ISBN:  9781107135840 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781107135840 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 85.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781107135840 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.20


Abstract:

The phonological history of Chinese can be traced back to two main traditions:
one starting with the Qieyun of 601, and the other starting with the Zhongyuan
Yinyun of 1324. The former marks the beginning of Middle Chinese, and the
latter marks the beginning of Old Mandarin. Both of these systems, as well as
reconstructed Old Chinese, should be understood as ideal phonological
standards and composite in nature. Until modern times, phonological standards
were never based strictly on the phonology of a single dialect. This book
provides the first study written in English, of the phonological history of
Chinese. It provides information about the standard phonological systems for
each of the language's major historical periods, drawing on a range of
historical materials such as dictionaries, rhyming tables and poetry, and is
the reference book for understanding the key developments in the Chinese sound
system.

Part I. The Keys to Traditional Phonology: 1. An introduction to Chinese
historical phonology; Part II. Old Chinese: 2. Old Chinese; Part III. Middle
Chinese: 3. Middle Chinese: the Tang and Song Dynasties; 4. Middle Chinese:
the Tang and Song Dynasties; Part IV. The Beginnings of Mandarin: 5. Chinese
of the Liao, Jun, and Xixia Dynasties; Part V. A New Standard: 6. Old
Mandarin: the Ménggǔ Zìyùn 蒙古字韻; 7. Old Mandarin: the Zhōngyuán Yīnyùn 中原音韻;
8. Old Mandarin: the Persian transcriptions; Part VI. Towards Modern Mandarin:
9. The Mandarin of the Ming Dynasty; 10. The Mandarin of the Qing Dynasty and
the modern era.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Phonology

Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)


Written In: English  (eng)

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