A Handbook of Old Chinese Phonology
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A Handbook of Old Chinese Phonology

  1. 935 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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A Handbook of Old Chinese Phonology

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Table of contents

  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 1.1. Goals
  3. 1.2. The Chinese languages, present and past
  4. 1.3. Notation and style
  5. 1.4. Methodological remarks
  6. 2. The Middle Chinese phonological system
  7. 2.1. The need for a new transcription system
  8. 2.2. Major sources of evidence on Middle Chinese
  9. 2.3. The initials of Middle Chinese
  10. 2.4. The finals of Middle Chinese
  11. 3. Rhymes as evidence in historical phonology
  12. 3.1. Rhyme and phonological structure
  13. 3.2. A statistical method for analyzing rhyme data
  14. 3.3. Illustrative examples
  15. 4. Traditional research on Old Chinese rhyming
  16. 4.1. Traditional phonology: achievements and limitations
  17. 4.2. The traditional analysis – a modern version
  18. 4.3. The development of the traditional analysis
  19. 4.4. Discussion and interpretation
  20. 5. The Old Chinese syllable: an overview
  21. 5.1. Pre-initials
  22. 5.2. Initials
  23. 5.3. Mediais
  24. 5.4. Main vowels
  25. 5.5. Codas and post-codas
  26. 5.6. The syllable from Old Chinese to Middle Chinese
  27. 6. The Old Chinese syllable: initial consonants
  28. 6.1.Simple initials
  29. 6.2. Initial clusters
  30. 7. The Old Chinese syllable: medials and main vowels
  31. 7.1. Syllables without medials: divisions I and IV
  32. 7.2. Syllables with medial *-r-: division II
  33. 7.3. Syllables with medial and *-rj-: division III
  34. 8. The Old Chinese syllable: codas and post-codas
  35. 8.1. The codas of Old Chinese
  36. 8.2. Post-codas and the development of tones
  37. 8.3. Karlgren's final voiced stop hypothesis
  38. 8.4. Comparison with other systems
  39. 9. The script and text of the Shījīng
  40. 9.1. Stages in the development of the Chinese script
  41. 9.2. Xiéshēng characters and their interpretation
  42. 9.3. The text of the Shījīng
  43. 10. New rhyme categories for Old Chinese
  44. 10.1. Syllables with acute codas
  45. 10.2. Syllables with zero or back codas
  46. 10.3. Syllables with labial codas
  47. 10.4. Summary of rhyme groups
  48. Appendix A Phonological changes from Old to Middle Chinese
  49. Appendix B The rhymes of the Shījīng
  50. Appendix C The rhyme words of the Shījīng
  51. Notes
  52. References
  53. Index