Min Dialects in Historical Perspective
历史闽方言研究
Jerry Norman 罗杰瑞

Abstract 摘要

1. Geographical factors
1.1 The Mǐn Dialects and Geography
1.2 The Mǐn Heartland
1.3 Mǐn Overseas
1.4 Dialect Islands

2. Historical Factors
2.1 The Early Hisory of Fújiàn
2.2 The Aboriginal Population
2.3 The Chinese Conquest of Fújiàn
2.4 Chinese Colonization of Fújiàn

3. The Problem of Stratification
3.1 The Components of Mǐn
3.2 The Yuè Substratum
3.3 The Hàn Foundation
3.4 The Mǐn Protolanguage
3.5 Min and the Qieyun System

4. Classification and Sub-grouping
4.1 The Definition of a Mǐn Dialect
4.2 Subgrouping

5. Problems for Further Research
5.1 Meso-history and Micro-history
5.2 Dialectal Syntax