History of the Chinese Language

History of the Chinese Language

Dong, Hongyuan

Taylor & Francis Ltd

12/2020

230

Mole

Inglês

9780367209858

15 a 20 dias

460

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Table of contents

Preface to the second edition

List of tables

List of figures

List of syntax labels

Chapter 1 Overview

1.1 What is Chinese historical linguistics?

1.2 Terminological clarification

1.3 Periodization of the Chinese language

Chapter 2 Prehistory

2.1 Establishing linguistic genetic relationships

2.2 The Sino-Tibetan languages

2.3 How old is the Sino-Tibetan language family?

2.4 Linguistic properties of Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Chapter 3 Old Chinese: The Elegant Speech

3.1 Evidence of sound change

3.2 Syllable structure of Chinese

3.3 Rhyme groups of Old Chinese

3.4 Initials of Old Chinese

3.5 Consonant clusters

3.6 Methodology of Old Chinese reconstruction

3.7 Tones in Old Chinese

3.8 A reconstructed system of Old Chinese

Chapter 4 Middle Chinese: The Poetic Language

4.1 The rhyme dictionary Qieyun

4.2 The f?nqie method

4.3 Structure of the Gu?ngyun

4.4 Rhyme tables

4.5 The linking method for analyzing the Gu?ngyun

4.6 The comparative reconstruction method

4.7 The notion of deng ("division, grade")

4.8 A reconstructed system of Middle Chinese

Chapter 5 Old Mandarin of Yuan Dynasty Dramas

5.1 The rhyme book Zhongyuan Yinyun

5.2 Categories of initials and finals in Old Mandarin

5.3 Reconstruction of Old Mandarin initials and finals

5.4 Tonal development

Chapter 6 Classical Chinese Grammar

6.1 What is Classical Chinese?

6.2 Morphology

6.3 Word classes

6.4 Basic word order

6.5 Special grammatical constructions

Chapter 7 Vernacular Writing

7.1 Diglossia

7.2 Sources of vernacular writing

7.3 Morphological developments

7.4 Word classes in the vernacular

7.5 Word order in the post-classical era

7.6 Syntactic changes

Chapter 8 Lexical and Semantic Changes

8.1 Extension

8.2 Narrowing

8.3 Shifting of word meaning

8.4 Substitution of lexical items

8.5 Mixed changes

8.6 Euphemism and taboos in lexical changes

8.7 Loanwords and calques

8.8 Clues to meaning change in Chinese characters

Chapter 9 Formation of Modern Standard Chinese

9.1 Origin of the national language

9.2 The modern phonology system

9.3 Morphological properties

9.4 Word classes and cross-category flexibility

9.5 Typical word order

9.6 Aspect markers

9.7 Current uses of special grammatical constructions

9.8 Changes in the modern lexicon

Chapter 10 Modern Chinese Dialects

10.1 Formation of Chinese dialects

10.2 Classification of Chinese dialects

10.3 Mandarin dialects

10.4 The Wu dialects

10.5 The Xiang dialects

10.6 The Gan dialects

10.7 The Kejia dialects

10.8 The Yue dialects

10.9 The Min dialects

10.10 Influences of the national language on dialects

Chapter 11 The Chinese Writing System

11.1 Origin of Chinese characters

11.2 Development of the writing system

11.3 Six types of characters in the liushu system

11.4 Characters in vernacular writing and dialects

11.5 Simplification of Chinese characters

11.6 Debates about the nature of Chinese writing

References

Appendix I: Major Chronological Divisions of Chinese History

Appendix II: Articulatory Phonetics and IPA

Appendix III: Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation Guide

Appendix IV: Correspondence Charts of Pinyin and IPA Symbols

Index
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Modern Standard Chinese;Middle Chinese;history chinese language;Yangtze River;linguistics;Division Iii;historical linguistics;Oracle Bone Script;grammar;Beijing Mandarin;linguistic description;Stop Codas;a history of the chinese language;Consonant Codas;routledge chinese;Rhyme Groups;hongyuan dong;Mandarin Dialects;chinese historical linguistics;Mandarin;instroduction to chinese historical linguistics;Phonetic Component;introduction to chinese language history;Wu Dialects;Late Middle Chinese;Main Vowel;Chinese language development;Classical Chinese;Chinese writing system;Sov Word Order;Old Mandarin;Chinese Dialects;Modern Chinese Dialects;Sentence Final Particle;Retroflex Initials;Phonetic Series;Min Dialects;Rhyme Tables;Colloquial Pronunciation