Compendium of Phonetics in Ancient and Archaic Chinese
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (959 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9576381231 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 157 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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magellan said Still worthwhile despite shortcomings. Phonetics and especially the phonological evolution of a language is not my favorite aspect of linguistics. I find the subject of grammatical evolution and change much more interesting, since clearly definable and progressive patterns can be shown to exist there that have a much more logical basis. Nevertheless, this book is notable for the wealth of information it contains, although as the previous reviewer noted, it has its shortcomings since it . A Customer said Still a basic source for historic Chinese phonology. This book of Karlgren is outdated in many aspects: full of mistakes and the general methodical framework employed is pre-structuralist: With the methods now available the result of his attempt to reconstruct Old and Middle Chinese would be far more accurate. Nevertheless this book is a must for everyone interested in the history of the Chinese language, the vast amount of material collected and categorised in this book is still very valuable.
Compendium of Phonetics in Ancient and Archaic Chinese book has been released since 0000-00-00. Compendium of Phonetics in Ancient and Archaic Chinese are written by Bernhard Karlgren and it has 157 of pages on paperback.