From 'Head' to 'Toe': Sino-Tai Lexical Correcspondences in Body Part Terms
汉台语身体部位名称比较分析
Yongxian Luo 罗永现

Abstract 摘要
This paper provides evidence for Sino-Tai genetic relationship by examining body part terms in Chinese and Tai. Nearly seventy such correspondence sets are established. These findings are at variance with some previous ideas that the two languages lack cognates in basic vocabulary. The implications of these comparisons are explored in the light of wider genetic links. The traditional view of Sino-Tibetan is upheld.

本文运用历史比较法,对汉台语身体部位名称进行了对比分析,发现了将近七十个相当整齐的语音对应,从而对有关汉台语之间缺少基本词汇的看法提出了质疑。文章还发现，这类词大多数在藏缅语中可以找到同源词。这些现象为汉台语和汉藏语的亲属关系理论提供了有力的新证据。文章认为，传统的汉藏语系假说所提出的汉藏语系应包括侗台语的观点是成立的。

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