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Peer reviewedSagart, Laurent – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1986
Suggests that the departing tone in Chinese arose not through the loss of the final "h," but through a glottalized phonation stage that is still observable. Historical sources supporting this theory are presented, and an account of the development of middle Chinese tones into Mandarin is proposed. (SED)
Descriptors: Consonants, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Language Variation
Peer reviewedSung, Margaret M. Y. – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1986
Presents the phonological system of the Zhangpu dialect and the characteristics that differentiate it from the other Southern Min dialects. Notes that the phonological system of the Zhangpu dialect is close to the Zhangzhou dialect but that the aspirated affricate /+s'-/ in Zhangzhou is the voiceless fricative /s-/in Zhangpu. (SED)
Descriptors: Chinese, Consonants, Dialect Studies, Distinctive Features (Language)
Peer reviewedCoblin, W. South – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1986
The rhyming practices of Sima Xiangru and Wang Bao, early and mid-western Han poets of the Shu area, reveal details about the finals of their languages. Comparisons are made of similarities and differences of their dialects to that of a later compatriot, Yang Xiong. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics
