Foreign Language Study Chinese
Middle Chinese
A Study in Historical Phonology
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2011
- Category
- Chinese, Phonetics & Phonology, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774843379
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774801928
- Publish Date
- Jan 1984
- List Price
- $77.00
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Published in the early part of this century, Bernhard Karlgren's classic work Etudes sur la phonologie chinoise laid the foundation in western sinology for the scientific reconstruction of Chinese pronunciation. In this present study E.G. Pulleyblank gives the first full-scale review of Karlgren's work, taking into account advances in knowledge over the past fifty years in both the history of the Chinese language and in general linguistic theory.
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Contributor Notes
Edwin G. Pulleyblank is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia.
Editorial Reviews
A rich source of ideas and innovative approaches.
Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
In addition to contributions to linguistic theory, Pulleyblank offers stimulating interpretations of specific sound systems ... [his] innovative reasoning is lucidly expressed and the evidence is set forth plainly.
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