Research on the Vocabulary of Strange Tales from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties

Author: Zhou Junxun
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: The period of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties was a key time when Chinese vocabulary transitioned from ancient to medieval forms. During this period, significant changes occurred in Chinese vocabulary in terms of word forms, semantic systems, and word formation methods. Notebooks and tales were among the main linguistic materials representing the basic features of Chinese during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. As an important component of notebooks and tales, strange tales exhibited prominent characteristics in vocabulary. This book conducts an in-depth study of the vocabulary composition, description of new words, development of word-forming elements and biphonemicization, as well as the development and lexicalization of biphones in the Chinese language of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, which is of high academic value.