A Brief History of the Chinese Language III
eBook - ePub

A Brief History of the Chinese Language III

From Middle Chinese to Modern Chinese Phonetic System

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Brief History of the Chinese Language III

From Middle Chinese to Modern Chinese Phonetic System

About this book

As the third volume of a multivolume set on Chinese phonetics, this book examines the phonetical system of Modern Chinese and phonetical changes from Middle Chinese to Modern 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 phonetical systems of Modern Chinese, including the initials system, vowel final system, nasal final system, entering final system, and tonal system. The author discusses the distinct change of these systems from the period of Middle Chinese to that of Modern Chinese and studies the formation of the standard pronunciation of the common language of the modern Han nation.

This comprehensive groundwork on Chinese phonetical history will be a must read for scholars and student studying Chinese language, linguistics, and especially for beginning learners of Modern 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 Phonetic system of the Modern Chinese language
  9. 2 The development of the initial system from Middle Chinese to Modern Chinese
  10. 3 The development of the vowel final system from Middle Chinese to Modern Chinese
  11. 4 The development of the nasal final system from Middle Chinese to Modern Chinese
  12. 5 The development of the entering final system from Middle Chinese to Modern Chinese
  13. 6 The development of the tone system from Middle Chinese to Modern Chinese
  14. 7 Formation of the standard pronunciation of common language of modern Han nationality
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index