Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Kwok, Bit-Chee, author

Title Southern Min : comparative phonology and subgrouping / Bit-Chee Kwok
Edition First edition
Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2018
©2018

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Routledge studies in East Asian linguistics
Routledge studies in East Asian linguistics.
Contents Background and methodology -- Proto-southern Min initials -- Proto-southern Min finals -- Proto-southern Min tonal categories -- Subgrouping southern Min -- Conclusion
Summary "Southern M?n refers to a group of Chinese dialects spoken mainly in Southeast China and Taiwan. This group occupies a special position in the study of Chinese dialects, not only because of its large population of speakers (around 48 million) but also because of its preservation of various archaic linguistic features long lost in other dialects. In this book, B.C. Kwok applies the comparative method on new fieldwork data to reconstruct the common sound system of 'Proto-Southern M?n', from which all modern Southern M?n varieties emerged. The syllable initials, finals and tonal categories of Proto-Southern M?n are illustrated by more than 500 examples. In addition, this book offers an alternative view on the subgrouping of 12 Southern M?n varieties. It proposes that the Quánzh?u dialect and the Zh?ngzh?u dialect form the two main branches of the dialect group. This book should be of great interest to advanced students and scholars in the fields of historical linguistics and Chinese dialectology."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Southern Min dialects -- Phonology
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Southeast Asian Languages.
Southern Min dialects -- Phonology
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781315672304
1315672308
9781317372769
131737276X
9781317372745
1317372743
9781317372752
1317372751