A Handbook of Old Chinese Phonology (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [Tilsm]) (English and Chinese Edition)

1. Introduction 15 1.1. Goals 15 1.2. The Chinese languages, present and past 20 1.3. Notation and style 29 1.4. Methodological remarks 31 2. The Middle Chinese phonological system 41 2.1. The need for a new transcription system 41 2.2. Major sources of evidence on Middle Chinese 46 2.3. The initials of Middle Chinese 59 2.4. The finals of Middle Chinese 75 3. Rhymes as evidence in historical phonology 101 3.1. Rhyme and phonological structure 102 3.2. A statistical method for analyzing rhyme data 111 3.3. Illustrative examples 142 4. Traditional research on Old Chinese rhyming 153 4.1. Traditional phonology: achievements and limitations 153 4.2. The traditional analysis – a modern version 155 4.3. The development of the traditional analysis 164 4.4. Discussion and interpretation 185 5. The Old Chinese syllable: an overview 189 5.1. Pre-initials 189 5.2. Initials 191 5.3. Mediais 192 5.4. Main vowels 194 5.5. Codas and post-codas 195 5.6. The syllable from Old Chinese to Middle Chinese 197 6. The Old Chinese syllable: initial consonants 201 6.1.Simple initials 202 6.2. Initial clusters 232 7. The Old Chinese syllable: medials and main vowels 249 7.1. Syllables without medials: divisions I and IV 250 7.2. Syllables with medial *-r-: division II 272 7.3. Syllables with medial and *-rj-: division III 283 8. The Old Chinese syllable: codas and post-codas 305 8.1. The codas of Old Chinese 306 8.2. Post-codas and the development of tones 316 8.3. Karlgren's final voiced stop hypothesis 339 8.4. Comparison with other systems 354 9. The script and text of the Shījīng 357 9.1. Stages in the development of the Chinese script 358 9.2. Xiéshēng characters and their interpretation 361 9.3. The text of the Shījīng 369 10. New rhyme categories for Old Chinese 381 10.1. Syllables with acute codas 384 10.2. Syllables with zero or back codas 478 10.3. Syllables with labial codas 550 10.4. Summary of rhyme groups 574 Appendix A Phonological changes from Old to Middle Chinese 581 Appendix B The rhymes of the Shījīng 599 Appendix C The rhyme words of the Shījīng 761 Notes 829 References 883 Index 921

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