Periodization as a Type of Linguistic Classification
语言分期的理论和方法
Zhongwei Shen 沈钟伟

Abstract 摘要
This article discusses the theoretical and methodological issues involved in the practice of periodization. Theoretically, it clarifies the nature of periodization, which is a type of diachronic classification. In order to understand this concept better, discussions are offered to show the differences and similarities between periodization and other diachronic classifications. Methodologically, this article shows that periodization may be carried out by employing numerical methods. The aim of the numerical approach suggested here is to rid periodization of its traditionally subjective nature and to provide objective and stable classifications. For the purpose of demonstration, the data contained in Wang Li’s Phonological History of Chinese (1985) are utilized and calculated.

本文讨论语言分期中所涉及的理论和方法上的问题。在理论上，本文指出语言分期属于历史语言分类范畴，并分析了语言分期和其它历史分类的异同。在方法上，本文建议运用更为客观的方法来作语言分期的基础。运用数理方法的主要目的在于屏除在语言分期中的主观因素，进而建立更为客观和稳定的分期。为了讨论具体方法的目的，本文利用并统计了王力先生《汉语语音史》一书中的资料。

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