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Tue Apr 14 2015

Books: Research in Tōng-Tài Dialect Phonology: VanNess Simmons (tr.), Gu

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Date: 14-Apr-2015
From: Ulrich Lueders <lincom.europat-online.de>
Subject: Research in Tōng-Tài Dialect Phonology: VanNess Simmons (tr.), Gu
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Title: Research in Tōng-Tài Dialect Phonology
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Asian Linguistics 84
Published: 2015
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
                http://www.lincom-shop.eu

Book URL: http://bit.ly/1E07cD8

Author: Qian Gu
Translator: Richard VanNess Simmons
Hardback: ISBN: 9783862886258 Pages: 400 Price: Europe EURO 178.00
Abstract:

The Tōng-Tài dialects are a branch of the Jiāng-Huái Mandarin dialects located in the Tàizhōu region on the northern side of the Yangtze watershed in Jiāngsū. Located just across the river from the Wú dialect region to the south, the Tōng-Tài dialects form the southernmost edge of the vast Mandarin dialect area to the north. The Tōng-Tài dialects are the most complex variety of Mandarin, evidencing characteristics of great value to the understanding of the history of Mandarin and Chinese dialect phonology. The present study, Research in Tōng-Tài Dialect Phonology, by Gù Qián of Nánjīng University is based on extensive fieldwork in the region and is the most comprehensive study of this dialect group available. It begins with a brief introduction to the dialect area’s geography, population, and history, followed by an overview of historical studies of the Tōng-Tài dialects. The core of the book is a comparative synchronic and diachronic study of Tōng-Tài dialect phonology, including the initial consonants, main vowels and endings, tones, and rhyme structure. The book also contains a comprehensive presentation of the common Tōng-Tài phonological system, with reference to Middle Chinese and within the context of Mandarin in general. The Appendices to the volume provide a comprehensive inventory of Tōng-Tài morphosyllables as well as an extensive lexicon of forms and words unique to the Tōng-Tài dialects.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                            Language Documentation
                            Phonology
                            Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): Chinese, Late Middle (ltc)
                            Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)

Written In: English (eng)

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