A Brief History of the Chinese Language II
eBook - ePub

A Brief History of the Chinese Language II

From Old Chinese to Middle Chinese Phonetic System

  1. 162 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Brief History of the Chinese Language II

From Old Chinese to Middle Chinese Phonetic System

About this book

As the second volume of a multivolume set on Chinese phonetics, this book examines the phonetical systems of Middle Chinese and phonetical changes from Old Chinese to Middle Chinese.
Chinese language history is generally split into three phases: (1) Old Chinese, the form of the Chinese language spoken between the 18th century BCE and the 3rd century CE; (2) Middle Chinese, between the 4th century CE to around the 12th century CE; and (3) Modern Chinese, since the 13th century. This volume studies the phonological system of Middle Chinese, including the initials system, finals system, and tonal system, examining the evolution of these systems from the period of Old Chinese to that of Middle Chinese.
This comprehensive groundwork on Chinese phonetical history will be a must read for scholars and students studying Chinese language, linguistics and, especially, for beginning learners of Middle Chinese phonetics.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. List of tables
  8. 1 Middle Chinese initials system
  9. 2 Middle Chinese finals and tone system
  10. 3 The evolution of the initial system from the Old Chinese to the Middle Chinese language
  11. 4 The evolution of the final system from the Old Chinese to the Middle Chinese language I
  12. 5 The evolution of the final system from the Old Chinese to the Middle Chinese language II
  13. 6 The evolution of the final system from the Old Chinese to the Middle Chinese language III
  14. 7 The evolution of the tone system from the Old Chinese to the Middle Chinese language
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index