03426nam 2200661 a 450 991046121340332120200520144314.01-283-12818-7978661312818890-272-8433-4(CKB)2670000000094719(EBL)710855(OCoLC)727649458(SSID)ssj0000991897(PQKBManifestationID)11540066(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000991897(PQKBWorkID)10933810(PQKB)11309921(MiAaPQ)EBC710855(Au-PeEL)EBL710855(CaPaEBR)ebr10475934(EXLCZ)99267000000009471919990809d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChinese dialect classification[electronic resource] a comparative approach to Harngjou, old Jintarn, and common northern Wu /Richard VanNess SimmonsAmsterdam ;Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co.19991 online resource (335 p.)Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory,0304-0763 ;v. 188Description based upon print version of record.90-272-3694-1 Includes bibliographical references (p.[182]-189) and index.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; INDEXThis 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 andAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.Series IV,Current issues in linguistic theory ;v. 188.Wu dialectsMandarin dialectsComparative linguisticsChinese languagePhonologyChinese languageMorphologyElectronic books.Wu dialects.Mandarin dialects.Comparative linguistics.Chinese languagePhonology.Chinese languageMorphology.495.1/7Simmons Richard VanNess968212MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461213403321Chinese dialect classification2199108UNINA