Historical Phonology of Chinese

Dong Tonghe

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Routledge
21 July 2023

Historical & comparative linguistics; Phonetics, phonology

Series: China Perspectives

As an important introduction to the phonological history of Chinese, this title explores the phonological systems of the Chinese language and explains basic concepts, materials and methodologies.

Unlike many historical accounts, this book adopts a reverse chronological sequence – starting with the phonology of Modern Mandarin and modern Chinese dialects, then looking back on Early Mandarin and Middle Chinese, and ultimately ending with Old Chinese phonology. This arrangement makes the book reasonably approachable to both professionals and general readers, building up knowledge along an ascending order of difficulty, from familiar, observable facts to theoretical, speculative hypotheses. Based on the extant studies and two essential types of rhyme materials, the book reconstructs the speech sounds of Middle and Old Chinese, in terms of initials, finals and tones. It also analyses the transition and evolution of phonological systems of the Chinese language in different periods.

Marking the beginning of historical Chinese phonological studies and drawing on modern Western linguistics, this book will serve as an essential read for students and researchers of Chinese language, Chinese linguistics and especially historical Chinese phonology.

By: Dong Tonghe
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 757g
ISBN: 9781032533131
ISBN 10: 1032533137
Series: China Perspectives
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 21 July 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. Standard Mandarin Phonology 3. Modern Dialects 4. Early Mandarin 5. Qièyùn-based Rhyme Dictionaries 6. Graded Rhyme Charts 7. Middle Chinese Phonology 8. Simplification of Middle Chinese Initials and Finals 9. From Middle Chinese to Modern Chinese 10. Classification of Old Chinese Rhymes 11. Reconstruction of Old Chinese Finals 12. Old Chinese Initials 13. Issues of Old Chinese Tones

Dong Tonghe (1911–1963) was a leading linguist and historical Chinese phonologist of China. In 1932, he was enrolled in the Department of Chinese of Tsinghua University and learned historical Chinese phonology from Wang Li. In 1937, he was admitted to the Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica, working as assistant to the eminent Chinese linguist Yuen Ren Chao. In 1949, he was appointed as professor at the Department of Chinese Literature of Taiwan University. Dong Tonghe had outstanding achievements in his main fields of research, including Old Chinese phonology, Middle Chinese phonology, modern Chinese dialects (with special focus on Min) and Austronesian languages.

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Historical Phonology of Chinese

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