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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 Visualizza persona
Titolo: Chinese dialect classification : a comparative approach to Harngjou, old Jintarn, and common northern Wu / / Richard VanNess Simmons Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-12818-7
9786613128188
90-272-8433-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910825455603321
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Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; 188.