Problems in Comparative Chinese Dialectology : : The Classification of Miin and Hakka / / David Prager Branner.
This book discusses the methodology of systematic Chinese Dialect classification, with particular attention to the conservative Miin and Hakka groups spoken in southern China. The primary linguistic methodology employed is the historical-comparative method, and the dialects chosen as examples of cla...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (477 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- I-XIV
- 1. The ideas of Chinese dialect classification
- 2. Wann’an and the problem of this study
- 3. Wann’an’s affiliation and the cohesiveness of diagnostic features
- 4. The character of Wann’an dialects
- 5. Wann’an evidence about Common Miin
- 6. Conclusion: The place of Miin in the greater history of Chinese
- Appendix A: Introduction to the Kengyunn
- Appendix Β: The Kengyunn
- Appendix C: Index to the Kengyunn
- Notes
- References
- Index of glosses
- Index of subjects