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Old Chinese
Baxter, William H.; Sagart, Laurent
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Description for Old Chinese
This book introduces a new linguistic reconstruction of the phonology, morphology, and lexicon of Old Chinese, the language of the earliest Chinese classical texts (1st millennium BCE). Num Pages: 448 pages, 5 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFH; CFK; CFL; CFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 36. Weight in Grams: 712.
This book introduces a new linguistic reconstruction of the phonology, morphology, and lexicon of Old Chinese, the first Sino-Tibetan language to be reduced to writing. Old Chinese is the language of the earliest Chinese classical texts (1st millennium BCE) and the ancestor of later varieties of Chinese, including all modern Chinese dialects. William Baxter and Laurent Sagart's new reconstruction of Old Chinese moves beyond earlier reconstructions by taking into account important new evidence that has recently become available: better documentation of Chinese dialects that preserve archaic features, such as the Min and Waxiang dialects; better documentation of languages with very ... Read more
This book introduces a new linguistic reconstruction of the phonology, morphology, and lexicon of Old Chinese, the first Sino-Tibetan language to be reduced to writing. Old Chinese is the language of the earliest Chinese classical texts (1st millennium BCE) and the ancestor of later varieties of Chinese, including all modern Chinese dialects. William Baxter and Laurent Sagart's new reconstruction of Old Chinese moves beyond earlier reconstructions by taking into account important new evidence that has recently become available: better documentation of Chinese dialects that preserve archaic features, such as the Min and Waxiang dialects; better documentation of languages with very ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199945375
SKU
V9780199945375
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About Baxter, William H.; Sagart, Laurent
William H. Baxter is Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and the Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research in historical linguistics includes work on both the history of Chinese and its dialects and on the use of mathematical techniques to reconstruct linguistic history. Laurent Sagart is a senior scientist with the French ... Read more
Reviews for Old Chinese
Overall, it is true to the thoughtful research and scholarly imagination its authors have invested, over a period of four decades, in working out their deeply felt vision of Proto-Chinese morphology.
David Prager Branner, Independent researcher, Études chinoises
David Prager Branner, Independent researcher, Études chinoises