Studies in the historical phonology of Asian languages / / edited by William G. Boltz and Michael C. Shapiro

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 495
• Soggetto topico: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
• Soggetto geografico: Asia Languages Phonology, Historical
• Altri autori: BoltzWilliam G ShapiroMichael C
• Note generali: Chiefly revised papers based on a series of lectures, 1985-1986, sponsored by the Asian Linguistics Colloquium of the Dept. of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington, Seattle.; Half title and spine title: Historical phonology of Asian languages.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: STUDIES IN THE HISTORICAL PHONOLOGY OF ASIAN LANGUAGES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ZHOU AND HAN PHONOLOGY IN THE SHIJING; VOWEL HARMONY LOSS IN URALIC AND ALTAIC; THE OLD CHINESE TERRESTRIAL RAMES IN SAEK; DIACHRONIC ASPECTS OF REGULAR DISHARMONY IN MODERN UYGHUR; VLAX PHONOLOGICAL DIVERGENCE FROM COMMON ROMANI: IMPLICATIONS FOR STANDARDIZATION AND ORTHOGRAPHY; DIALECTS, DIGLOSSIA, AND DIACHRONIC PHONOLOGY IN EARLY INDO-ARYAN ; THE EMERGENCE OF THE SYLLABLE TYPES OF STEMS (C)VCC(V) AND (C)VC(V) IN INDO-ARYAN AND DRAVIDIAN: CONSPIRACY OR CONVERGENCE?HOW MANY VERNER'S LAWS DOES AN ALTAICIST NEED?; NASALS IN OLD SOUTHERN CHINESE; PROTO-KOREAN AND THE ORIGIN OF KOREAN ACCENT; INDEX OF LANGUAGES; INDEX OF NAMES
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume owes its genesis to a series of lectures on various aspects of the historical phonology of Asian languages, sponsored by the Asian Linguistics Colloquium of the Department of Asian Languages and Literature of the University of Washington, in Seattle. The volume includes papers on both theoretical and applied aspects of Asian linguistics, and topics examined include vowel harmony, dialect variation and "inherent variability", historical reconstruction based on written records, historical reconstruction based on the comparative method, accentology, and language standardization. While
• Altri titoli varianti: Historical phonology of Asian languages
• Titolo autorizzato: Studies in the historical phonology of Asian languages
• ISBN: 1-283-31342-1; 9786613313423; 90-272-7791-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910964813903321
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• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 77.