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200 10$aChinese dialect classification $ea comparative approach to Harngjou, old Jintarn, and common northern Wu /$fRichard VanNess Simmons
210  1$aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia :$cJohn Benjamins Pub. Co.,$d1999.
215   $a1 online resource (335 pages) $cillustrations, maps
225 1 $aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory,$x0304-0763 ;$vv. 188
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.[182]-189) and index.
327   $aCHINESE 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
330   $aThis 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
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606   $aMandarin dialects
606   $aComparative linguistics
606   $aChinese language$xPhonology
606   $aChinese language$xMorphology
615  0$aWu dialects.
615  0$aMandarin dialects.
615  0$aComparative linguistics.
615  0$aChinese language$xPhonology.
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