From middle Chinese to modern Peking
从中古汉语到现代北京语言
Matthew Y. Chen 陈渊泉

Abstract 摘要

This paper is an attempt to sketch a succinct, integrated, and self-contained history of phonology from Middle Chinese to modern Peking. The essential facts are presented and analyzed, new interpretations are offered on a number of points, but purely theoretical discussions are kept to a minimum. The article is divided into the following main sections:

0. Prefatory remarks
I. Background
II. Phonotactic conditions
III. Tonal developments
IV. Initial changes
V. Medial changes
VI. The great vowel shift
VII. The weakening of consonantal endings
VIII. Summary of rules and conditions
IX. Relative chronology
X. Concluding remarks

Footnotes
References
Appendix A. Tone correspondences
Appendix B. Initial correspondences
Appendix C. Final correspondences

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