Qieyun and Yunjing: The Essential Foundation for Chinese Historical Linguistics

In response to Norman and Coblin (1995), it is argued that there is no inherent contradiction between the study of living dialects, the study of traditional rhyme dictionaries and rhyme tables, and the study of all kinds of additional philological evidence. Every kind of evidence must be used and st...

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Published in:Journal of the American Oriental Society 1998-04, Vol.118 (2), p.200-216
Main Author: Pulleyblank, Edwin G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Art and archaeology
China
Chinese
Chinese language
Chinese languages
Diachronic linguistics
Dialects
Dictionaries
Environmental assessment
Ethnology and anthropology
Generalities
Historical analysis
Historical linguistics
History
Language
Language and languages
Language history
Linguistics
Methods
Palatal consonants
Philology
Phonetics
Pronunciation
Regional dialects
Research principies
Rhyme
Velar consonants
Vowels
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Summary:In response to Norman and Coblin (1995), it is argued that there is no inherent contradiction between the study of living dialects, the study of traditional rhyme dictionaries and rhyme tables, and the study of all kinds of additional philological evidence. Every kind of evidence must be used and still will not be enough to solve all the interesting questions that one can ask about the history of the Chinese language.
ISSN:0003-0279
2169-2289
DOI:10.2307/605891