Journal of the History of the Chinese Language. Issue 4

Author: Center for the Study of the History of the Chinese Language, Zhejiang University
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book includes 28 papers, with rich and in-depth content. It emphasizes the application of modern linguistic theories to guide the study of Middle Chinese. Additionally, it utilizes a broader range of materials, giving full attention to Chinese literature, translated Buddhist texts, and the combination of the two. The papers also highlight the principle of balancing micro and macro perspectives. Whether it's the study of the periods in the history of the Chinese language, the history of phonology, or the history of grammar, or the analysis of a lexical phenomenon, the interpretation of individual words, the study of a specific grammatical structure, or phonological phenomena, there are excellent papers on all these topics.