Comparative Phonology of the Huáng-Xiào Dialects

In Chinese, as in many languages with long written histories, textual sources tend to reflect koines or regional lingua francas rather than dialects as such. The recording of ordinary regional vernaculars as a matter of scholarly or scientific interest is in the main a modern phenomenon. As a result, Chinese dialects are known mainly through their modern spoken forms. And, has ...

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In Chinese, as in many languages with long written histories, textual sources tend to reflect koines or regional lingua francas rather than dialects as such. The recording of ordinary regional vernaculars as a matter of scholarly or scientific interest is in the main a modern phenomenon. As a result, Chinese dialects are known mainly through their modern spoken forms. And, has been pointed out by Norman (1988:42), the primary expedient for recovering the phonological history of families of dialects is the application of the comparative method. Early attempts in this direction involved work on large, very old dialect groups. More recently, attention has focused on smaller groups and subgroups, for it is well-known that the comparative method is most effective when applied at shallow time depth to closely related languages. The effectiveness of this approach has been clearly demonstrated in recent publications, a prime example being that of Akitani (2003), who skillfully applies the classical comparative method to a single sub-group of the Wú dialect family. The present monograph is intended as a study of the type espoused by Norman and implemented by Akitani. It deals with the Huáng-Xiào group, a sub-group of upper Yangtze Watershed Mandarin dialects.

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Table of Contents
Preface.............................................................................................................................i
List of Abbreviations...................................................................................................... v
Chapter I: Preliminaries ............................................................................................... 1
Chapter II: Syllable Initials ........................................................................................... 9
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Table of Contents
Preface.............................................................................................................................i
List of Abbreviations...................................................................................................... v
Chapter I: Preliminaries ............................................................................................... 1
Chapter II: Syllable Initials ........................................................................................... 9
Chapter III: Syllable Finals........................................................................................... 47
Chapter IV: Tones......................................................................................................... 95
Chapter V: Conclusions and Final Considerations .....................................................101
References ...................................................................................................................113
Appendix: Data............................................................................................................117
Map
Map 1: Huáng-Xiào Speaking Areas of HúbČi and JiƗngxƯ according to the Survey
and the Atlas....................................................................................................... 2
Map 2: Location of Nuclear Area Dialect Points ........................................................... 5
Map 3: The Chánghè Dialects, with HX connected members encircled.....................105
Map 4: Areas of Húnán, HúbČi, ƖnhuƯ, and JiƗngxƯ where shnj ஼ and xnj ဠ, etc.
are homophonous............................................................................................107
Map 5: Areas of Húnán, HúbČi, ƖnhuƯ, and JiƗngxƯ having unrounded vowels in
syllables of type q· ࠷ and xnj ႊ.................................................................108
Map 6: Areas of Húnán, HúbČi, and ƖnhuƯ whose demography was significantly
affected by the “JiƗngxƯ Fan” migrations of early Míng times .......................109
Figures
Figure I: Development of the Common Mandarin Tonal System to PHX and GH .. 98
Figure II: Borrowing of GH RùshƝng Syllables into PHX......................................... 98
Figure III: Lexical Result of Rù Tone Borrowing in PHX .......................................... 99
Figure IV: Some Descendants of Common Yangtze Watershed Mandarin................103
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