03389nam 2200601 a 450 991081148980332120230719180131.01-283-12164-6978661312164690-272-8449-0(CKB)2670000000094712(EBL)710266(OCoLC)727649401(SSID)ssj0001101419(PQKBManifestationID)11724642(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001101419(PQKBWorkID)11086940(PQKB)11583476(MiAaPQ)EBC710266(Au-PeEL)EBL710266(CaPaEBR)ebr10475920(EXLCZ)99267000000009471219990607d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe roots of old Chinese /Laurent SagartAmsterdam ;Philadelphia :John Benjamins Pub. Co.,1999.1 online resource (266 pages) illustrationsAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory,0304-0763 ;v. 18490-272-3690-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-232) and index.THE ROOTS OF OLD CHINESE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; LIST OF TABLES; Acknowledgements; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 OLD CHINESE WORDS AND ROOTS; 3 ROOT SEGMENTALS; 4 PREFIX *s-; 5 PREFIX *N; 6 PREFIX *m-; 7 PREFIX *p-; 8 PREFIX *t-; 9 PREFIX *k-; 10 OTHER PREFIXES; 11 INFIX *-r-; 12 INITIAL CLUSTERS; 13 SUFFIXATION; 14 REDUPLICATION AND COMPOUNDING; 15 ETYMOLOGIZING OLD CHINESE WORDS; 16 PERSONAL PRONOUNS; 17 NUMERALS; 18 BODY PARTS; 19 THE PHYSICAL WORLD; 20 WILD ANIMALS; 21 MANKIND AND KINSHIP; 22 AGRICULTURE: THE CEREALS; 23 OTHER CULTIVATED PLANTS24 DOMESTICATED ANIMALS; 25 FOOD; 26 METALS; 27 TRANSPORTATION; 28 COMMERCE; 29 WRITING; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A: CHINESE CHRONOLOGY; APPENDIX B: LIST OF RECONSTRUCTIONS; INDEX OF CHINESE CHARACTERS; GENERAL INDEXThe phonology, morphology and lexicon of late Zhou Chinese are examined in this volume. It is argued that a proper understanding of Old Chinese morphology is essential in correctly reconstructing the phonology. Based on evidence from word-families, modern dialects and related words in neighboring languages, Old Chinese words are claimed to consist of a monosyllabic root, to which a variety of derivational affixes attached. This made Old Chinese typologically more like modern languages such as Khmer, Gyarong or Atayal, than like Middle and modern Chinese, where only faint traces of the old morpAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.Series IV,Current issues in linguistic theory ;184.Chinese languageEtymologyChinese languageMorphologyChinese languagePhonologyChinese languageEtymology.Chinese languageMorphology.Chinese languagePhonology.495.1Sagart Laurent175867MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811489803321Roots of old chinese541404UNINA