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Minimal Old Chinese and later Han Chinese : a companion to Grammata serica recensa / Axel Schuessler.

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Although long out of date, Bernard Karlgren's (1957) remains the most convenient work for looking up Middle Chinese (ca. A.D. 600) and Old Chinese (before 200 B.C.) reconstructions of all graphs that occur in literature from the beginning of writing (ca. 1250 B.C.) down to the third century B.C...

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Main Author: Schuessler, Axel, 1940-
Other Authors: Karlgren, Bernhard, 1889-1978
Other title:Companion to Grammata serica recensa.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Chinese
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2009.
Series:ABC Chinese dictionary series.
Subjects:
Chinese language > Ancient Chinese, 600-1200 > Phonology.
Chinese language > Ancient Chinese > Phonology.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • GSC ENTRIES
  • TRANSCRIPTIONS
  • SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. APPROACHES TO THE HISTORY OF CHINESE
  • 2. MIDDLE CHINESE AND THE QIÈYÙN
  • 3. OLD CHINESE: PHONETIC SERIES
  • 4. OLD CHINESE THROUGH INTERNAL RECONSTRUCTION
  • 5. OLD CHINESE THROUGH THE XIESHENG SYSTEM
  • 6. MINIMAL OLD CHINESE: PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA
  • 7. LATER HAN CHINESE
  • 8. HAN PERIOD SOURCES ON PHONOLOGY
  • 9. INTERPRETATIONS OF IRREGULAR PHONETIC COMPOUNDS
  • 10. CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • GSR NUMBER = GSC NUMBER
  • PINYIN INDEX.

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