The Chinese Rime Tables: Linguistic philosophy and historical-comparative phonology
Edited by David Prager Branner
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 271] 2006. viii, 358 pp.
David Prager Branner
List of John Benjamins publications for which David Prager Branner plays a role.
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Subjects Historical linguistics | Phonology | Sino-Tibetan languages | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2006 Introduction: What Are Rime Tables and What Do They Mean? The Chinese Rime Tables: Linguistic philosophy and historical-comparative phonology, Branner, David Prager (ed.), pp. 1–34 | Miscellaneous
2006 Some Composite Phonological Systems in Chinese The Chinese Rime Tables: Linguistic philosophy and historical-comparative phonology, Branner, David Prager (ed.), pp. 209–232 | Chapter
2006 Appendix II: Comparative Transcriptions of Rime Table Phonology The Chinese Rime Tables: Linguistic philosophy and historical-comparative phonology, Branner, David Prager (ed.), pp. 265–302 | Miscellaneous
2006 Simon Schaank and the Evolution of Western Beliefs About Traditional Chinese Phonology The Chinese Rime Tables: Linguistic philosophy and historical-comparative phonology, Branner, David Prager (ed.), pp. 151–167 | Chapter
1997 Notes on the beginnings of systematic dialect description and comparison in Chinese Historiographia Linguistica 24:3, pp. 235–266 | Article
When 19th-century Westerners first began applying modern methods to Chinese linguistics, they were heavily influenced by Chinese phonological traditions. This influence is apparent in a number of their methodological decisions. For instance, they do not seem to have resolved their difficulties… read more