Chinese dialect classification : a comparative approach to Harngjou, old Jintarn, and common northern Wu / / Richard VanNess Simmons
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| Autore: |
Simmons Richard VanNess
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| Titolo: |
Chinese dialect classification : a comparative approach to Harngjou, old Jintarn, and common northern Wu / / Richard VanNess Simmons
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 495.1/7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Wu dialects |
| Mandarin dialects | |
| Comparative linguistics | |
| Chinese language - Phonology | |
| Chinese language - Morphology | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p.[182]-189) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Chinese dialect classification |
| ISBN: | 1-283-12818-7 |
| 9786613128188 | |
| 90-272-8433-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825455603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; 188.