The Chinese rime tables: linguistic philosophy and historical-comparative phonology
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Other Authors: Branner, David Prager (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam J. Benjamins Pub. ©2006
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science 271
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-325) and indexes
This book, the first in its field in a Western language, examines China's native phonological tool with regard to reconstruction, theory, and linguistic philosophy. After an introductory essay on the nature of the tables and the history of their interpretation, the book concentrates on three areas: application of rime table theory to reconstruction, the history of rime table theory, and the application of the tables to descriptive linguistics. An appendix details a number of 20th century systems for transcribing their phonology into Roman letters. Major topics include Altaic contact-influence on
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 358 Seiten)
ISBN:9027247854
902728847X
9789027247858
9789027288479

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