A Handbook of Old Chinese Phonology

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1. Introduction 1.1. Goals 1.2. The Chinese languages, present and past 1.3. Notation and style 1.4. Methodological remarks 2. The Middle Chinese phonological system 2.1. The need for a new transcription system 2.2. Major sources of evidence on Middle Chinese 2.3. The initials of Middle Chinese 2.4. The finals of Middle Chinese 3. Rhymes as evidence in historical phonology 3.1. Rhyme and phonological structure 3.2. A statistical method for analyzing rhyme data 3.3. Illustrative examples 4. Traditional research on Old Chinese rhyming 4.1. Traditional phonology: achievements and limitations 4.2. The traditional analysis – a modern version 4.3. The development of the traditional analysis 4.4. Discussion and interpretation 5. The Old Chinese syllable: an overview 5.1. Pre-initials 5.2. Initials 5.3. Mediais 5.4. Main vowels 5.5. Codas and post-codas 5.6. The syllable from Old Chinese to Middle Chinese 6. The Old Chinese syllable: initial consonants 6.1.Simple initials 6.2. Initial clusters 7. The Old Chinese syllable: medials and main vowels 7.1. Syllables without medials: divisions I and IV 7.2. Syllables with medial *-r-: division II 7.3. Syllables with medial and *-rj-: division III 8. The Old Chinese syllable: codas and post-codas 8.1. The codas of Old Chinese 8.2. Post-codas and the development of tones 8.3. Karlgren's final voiced stop hypothesis 8.4. Comparison with other systems 9. The script and text of the Shījīng 9.1. Stages in the development of the Chinese script 9.2. Xiéshēng characters and their interpretation 9.3. The text of the Shījīng 10. New rhyme categories for Old Chinese 10.1. Syllables with acute codas 10.2. Syllables with zero or back codas 10.3. Syllables with labial codas 10.4. Summary of rhyme groups Appendix A Phonological changes from Old to Middle Chinese Appendix B The rhymes of the Shījīng Appendix C The rhyme words of the Shījīng Notes References Index