Chinese Dialect Classification
A comparative approach to Harngjou, Old Jintarn, and Common Northern Wu
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 Mandarin dialects. By clarifying dialect affiliat…
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- ISBN: 978-90-272-8433-4
- EAN: 9789027284334
- Produktnummer: 22561279
- Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 335 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 25'843 KB
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