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Old Chinese : A New Reconstruction by Laurent Sagart and William H. Baxter (2014, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199945373
ISBN-139780199945375
eBay Product ID (ePID)167852928
Product Key Features
Number of Pages416 Pages, 448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameOld Chinese : a New Reconstruction
Publication Year2014
SubjectChinese, Asia / China, Linguistics / General
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
AuthorLaurent Sagart, William H. Baxter
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight24.9 Oz
Item Length6.2 in
Item Width9.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2013-013080
ReviewsOverall, it is true to the thoughtful research and scholarly imagination its authors have invested, over a period of four decades, in working out their deeply felt vision of Proto-Chinese morphology., "Overall, it is true to the thoughtful research and scholarly imagination its authors have invested, over a period of four decades, in working out their deeply felt vision of Proto-Chinese morphology." -- David Prager Branner, Independent researcher, Études chinoises, "Overall, it is true to the thoughtful research and scholarly imagination its authors have invested, over a period of four decades, in working out their deeply felt vision of Proto-Chinese morphology." -- David Prager Branner, Independent researcher, 'Etudes chinoises
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal495.17
Table Of Content1 Introduction 1.1 What is Old Chinese? 1.2 Methodology 1.3 Plan of the book 2 The evidence for Old Chinese 2.1 Middle Chinese 2.2 Old Chinese rhyme evidence 2.3 Evidence from the Chinese script 2.4 Modern Chinese dialects 2.5 Early Chinese loanwords in other languages 2.6 Traditional Chinese texts explicitly discussing language 2.7 Tibeto-Burman 3 An overview of the reconstruction 3.1 Onsets: main hypotheses 3.2 Rhymes 3.3 Root structure, word structure, and affixation 3.4 The nature of the pre-Qín script 4 Onsets 4.1 The evolution of Old Chinese initial consonants: major processes 4.2 Applying the comparative method within Chinese 4.3 Singleton onsets 4.4 Tightly attached onsets 4.5 Onsets with loosely attached preinitials 4.6 Onsets with complex preinitials 5 Old Chinese rhymes 5.1 Overview: vowels, codas, postcodas 5.2 The six-vowel system 5.3 Rhyme development: main processes 5.4 Rhymes with back codas (*-Ø, *-k, and *-?) 5.5 Rhymes with acute codas (*-j, *-t, *-n, and *-r) 5.6 Rhymes with the codas *-w and *-wk 5.7 Rhymes with labial codas (*-p and *-m) 6 Conclusion 6.1 What kind of language was Old Chinese? 6.2 Dialect differences in Old Chinese 6.3 Known issues 6.4 General directions for future researc 6.5 Old Chinese in broad comparative context Appendix of reconstructed forms References, 1. Introduction1.1 What is Old Chinese?1.2 Methodology1.3 Plan of the book2. The evidence for Old Chinese2.1 Middle Chinese2.2 Old Chinese rhyme evidence2.3 Evidence from the Chinese script2.4 Modern Chinese dialects2.5 Early Chinese loanwords in other languages2.6 Traditional Chinese texts explicitly discussing language2.7 Tibeto-Burman3. An overview of the reconstruction3.1 Onsets: main hypotheses3.2 Rhymes3.3 Root structure, word structure, and affixation3.4 The nature of the pre-Q¡n script4. Onsets4.1 The evolution of Old Chinese initial consonants: major processes4.2 Applying the comparative method within Chinese4.3 Singleton onsets4.4 Tightly attached onsets4.5 Onsets with loosely attached preinitials4.6 Onsets with complex preinitials5. Old Chinese rhymes5.1 Overview: vowels, codas, postcodas5.2 The six-vowel system5.3 Rhyme development: main processes5.4 Rhymes with back codas (*-Õ, *-k, and *-?)5.5 Rhymes with acute codas (*-j, *-t, *-n, and *-r)5.6 Rhymes with the codas *-w and *-wk5.7 Rhymes with labial codas (*-p and *-m)6. Conclusion6.1 What kind of language was Old Chinese?6.2 Dialect differences in Old Chinese6.3 Known issues6.4 General directions for future research6.5 Old Chinese in broad comparative contextAppendix of reconstructed formsReferences
SynopsisThis book 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)., This book introduces a new linguistic reconstruction of the phonology, morphology, and lexicon of Old Chinese, the first Sino-Tibetan language to be reduced to writing. Old Chinese is the language of the earliest Chinese classical texts (1st millennium BCE) and the ancestor of later varieties of Chinese, including all modern Chinese dialects. William Baxter and Laurent Sagart's new reconstruction of Old Chinese moves beyond earlier reconstructions by taking into account important new evidence that has recently become available: better documentation of Chinese dialects that preserve archaic features, such as the Min and Waxiang dialects; better documentation of languages with very early loanwords from Chinese, such as the Hmong-Mien, Tai-Kadai and Vietnamese languages; and a flood of Chinese manuscripts from the first millennium BCE, excavated or discovered in the last several decades. Baxter and Sagart also incorporate recent advances in our understanding of the derivational processes that connect different words that have the same root. They expand our knowledge of Chinese etymology and identify, for the first time, phonological markers of pre-Han dialects, such as the development of *r to -j in a group of east coast dialects, but to -n elsewhere. The most up-to-date reconstruction available, Old Chinese: A New Reconstruction brings the methodology of Old Chinese reconstruction closer to that of comparative reconstructions that have been used successfully in other language families. It is critical reading for anyone seeking an advanced understanding of Old Chinese., This book introduces a new linguistic reconstruction of the phonology, morphology, and lexicon of Old Chinese, the first Sino-Tibetan language to be reduced to writing. Old Chinese is the language of the earliest Chinese classical texts (1st millennium BCE) and the ancestor of later varieties of Chinese, including all modern Chinese dialects. William Baxter and Laurent Sagart's new reconstruction of Old Chinese moves beyond earlier reconstructions by taking into account important new evidence that has recently become available: better documentation of Chinese dialects that preserve archaic features, such as the Min and Waxiang dialects; better documentation of languages with very early loanwords from Chinese, such as the Hmong-Mien, Tai-Kadai and Vietnamese languages; and a flood of Chinese manuscripts from the first millennium BCE, excavated or discovered in the last several decades. Baxter and Sagart also incorporate recent advances in our understanding of the derivational processes that connect different words that have the same root. They expand our knowledge of Chinese etymology and identify, for the first time, phonological markers of pre-Han dialects, such as the development of *r to -j in a group of east coast dialects, but to -n elsewhere.The most up-to-date reconstruction available, Old Chinese: A New Reconstruction brings the methodology of Old Chinese reconstruction closer to that of comparative reconstructions that have been used successfully in other language families. It is critical reading for anyone seeking an advanced understanding of Old Chinese.
LC Classification NumberPL1201.B39 2014
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