Tianheng Wang
List of John Benjamins publications in which Tianheng Wang is involved.
Articles
2025 Tones of Beijing dialect since 1900 and their evolution: Evidence from early recordings Language and Linguistics 26:4, pp. 752–788 | Article
Since the discovery of real-time tone evolution in Thai and Chinese dialects, the existence of circular tone shift has been largely confirmed. The clockwise shift (high > rising > low > falling > high) has been found to be more prevalent than the counterclockwise shift (high > falling > low >… read more
Reconstructing pharyngealized vowels for Qieyun Division II in Middle Chinese Diachronica: Online-First Articles | Article
It is widely accepted that Middle Chinese Division II, a syllable category in Middle Chinese, originates from the Old Chinese medial *-r-, yet its reconstruction remains debated. Existing proposals assign Division II a palatal, velar, or r-colored feature or segment. Building on Gong (2018),… read more