Research on Sino-Tibetan Cognates (III): Methodological Exploration in Sino-Tibetan Studies

Author: Ding Bangxin
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: The Comparative Semantics included in this book is a summary of the research. It is divided into three chapters: Chapter 1: The Proposal and Theoretical Basis of Comparative Semantics, which connects with morphological comparative method and phonological comparative method, comprehensively and profoundly elucidates the theoretical basis of comparative semantics, and proposes six auxiliary proof methods for this approach. In the appendix of the paper, the 305 deep correspondence examples cited by Xing Gongwan are organized into a "General Table of Deep Semantic Correspondence between Chinese and Tai." Chapter 2: Summarizes 16 types of deep correspondences, supplements counterexamples, and uses this method to argue for the genealogical relationship between Chinese and Tai. Chapter 3: Provides a theoretical summary of comparative semantics and addresses the questions raised by the academic community.