Okay, here is the translation following your instructions: The Collected Papers on Linguistics by Hisao Hirayama

Author: Hisashi Hirayama
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This collection includes 17 papers. One of them is on Old Chinese, titled "Using the palatalizing factor j to replace the Old Chinese medial r" (1994). This paper presents a different view regarding the medial r proposed by Professor Li Fanggui in his system of Old Chinese initials to explain the separate evolution of the Tsung and Chi initials and the origin of the second tone category. Hisashi Hirayama argues that the Middle Chinese Chi initials had not yet evolved into retroflex sounds, rendering the medial r obsolete, and suggests using the palatalizing factor j instead. I recall that after Hisashi Hirayama presented this paper at the 26th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Linguistics in Osaka in September 1993, it sparked interest and discussion among the attendees. The other 16 papers can be broadly divided into two groups. One group explores the Middle Chinese sound system and its evolution into modern or contemporary Chinese, while the other focuses on the history of Chinese tones, particularly examining tone changes in various regional dialects of modern Chinese and analyzing their causes or reconstructing their ancient pitch contours. The second group consists of 11 papers. Among them, "The Record of Japanese Monk Anranli on Tones in the Tang Dynasty" (1987) primarily analyzes the text and argues that the four tones (level, falling, rising, entering) in the Tang Dynasty were already differentiated into light and heavy (i.e., yin and yang). It also introduces the historical exchanges between Japan and China during the Tang period, as well as the history of Japanese phonology and the origins of Wuyin and Kan'yoin in Japanese (initially, Wuyin was called Waon, while Kan'yoin was referred to as Seion), providing valuable insights. Another paper, "The Correspondence Between the Clear Entering Tones of Middle Chinese and the Tones of Beijing Dialect" (1990), reexamines the generally perceived irregular evolution of ancient clear entering tones in Beijing dialect from the perspectives of different linguistic layers (literary vs. colloquial) and the distinctions in grammatical word classes. It identifies some interesting correspondences, offering a novel perspective. This paper was presented at Peking University in 1989 and was well-received, later published in the Journal of Peking University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition).