Study on the history of voiceless nasals and liquids in Old Chinese phonology based on the excavated manuscript. (In Chinese)
基于古文字材料的上古汉语清鼻流音之历史考察
Yuying Ye 叶玉英
Abstract 摘要
Based on unearthed manuscripts, this paper studies the history of voiceless nasals and liquids in old Chinese phonology. It shows that there was a set of aspirated voiceless nasals and liquids and a set of unaspirated voiceless nasals and liquids in the common language of Shang and Western Zhou Dynasty. The aspirated voiceless nasals and liquids were *m̥ʰ-, *n̥h-, *ŋ̊ʰ-, *l̥h-, *l̥hj-, *r̥h-, and the unaspirated voiceless nasals and liquids are*m̥-, *n̥-, *ŋ̊-, *ŋ̊j-, *l̥-, *r̥-. In Chu dialect, the voiceless nasals and liquids continued to exist in Warring States period. They were *m̥, -*n̥-, *ŋ̊-, *l̥-, *m̥ʰ-, *n̥h-, *n̥hj-, *l̥h-, *r̥h-. Voiceless nasals and liquids were preserved in the Qin dialect in Warring States period and the common language in late Warring States and early Han Dynasty. They were *m̥-, *ŋ̊-, *ŋ̊h-, *ŋ̊j-, *l̥-, *l̥h-, *l̥hj-, *r̥-, *r̥h-. In ancient Chinese, both nasal and liquid were trisection. Some voiceless nasals and liquids probably came from complex consonants such as *hN-, *hr-, *hl-, and so on. Some voiceless nasals and liquids became aspirated voiceless obstruent initials or unaspirated fricatives respectively. The voiceless nasals and liquids are difficult to trace after the late Western Han Dynasty.
Subject Keywords 主题词
Old Chinese phonology 汉语上古音 Voiceless nasal 清鼻音 Voiceless liquid 清流音 Relationship of phonetic compounds 谐声关系 Common language 雅言 Dialect 方言
Journal of Chinese Linguistics vol.48, no.1 (January 2020): 206-256
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