Publications

Publication details [#30320]

Sagart, Laurent. 1999. The roots of Old Chinese. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 184). John Benjamins. xii + 255 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

historical linguistics | language and culture | language origins | morphology | phonology1

Language as a subject

Chinese, Old

Annotation

This book on Old Chinese reconstruction discusses previous scholarship and Sagart's own views, and provides sections on phonology, morphology and on the etymology of a small selection of terms for mainly cultural vocabulary.

Reviewed by

Beckwith, Christopher I. 2002. Review of $The roots of Old Chinese.