William J. Gedneys Comparative Tai Source BookUniversity of Hawaii Press, 3 ธ.ค. 2007 - 232 หน้า This volume provides accurate and reliable data from 1,159 common cognates found in 19 dialects from the Tai language family. Originally collected by noted Tai linguist, the late William J. Gedney, the data are organized into the three branches of the Tai language family, the Southwestern, the Central, and the Northern, to facilitate comparisons among the various sound systems within the individual branches and within the Tai language family as a whole. Supplementing the cognates are phonological descriptions of each of the dialects. Included among the nineteen dialects are Siamese, White Tai, Black Tai, Shan, Lue, Yay, Saek, and dialects found at Leiping, Lungming, Pingsiang, and Ningming in China. The meticulous attention paid to consonants, vowels, and tones found in each cognate will allow for further dialect studies, for the investigation of questions concerning the tripartite division of the Tai language family, and for the continuing investigation into the reconstruction of the Proto-Tai language family and its wider genetic relationships. |
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William J. Gedneys Comparative Tai Source Book Thomas John Hudak,William J. Gedney มุมมองอย่างย่อ - 2008 |
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A2 SW A3 SW A4 SW B1 SW B4 SW baan³ Black Tai C1 SW C2 SW C4 SW categories underwent phonemic checked syllables CN languages cognate contrast on checked dam³ Diphthongs with final DL4 SW exhibit tones phonetically Final consonants include Gedney Gedney's Glottal sounds Guangxi Hudak khaa khaan Khai khaw³ long vowels Lungchow Lungming maa² Muong naa¹ naa³ Ning Ming nucleus vowel open syllables optional final consonant Pattern of Tonal phonemic splits Po-ai Saek Saek Language semivowel Shan Siamese similar to tones six tones Sonorants splits were further SW languages CN syllables those ending Tai language family Tonal Splits tones on open tones phonetically similar underwent phonemic splits Vietnam Voiceless friction sounds Voiceless stops Voiceless unaspirated stops vowel length vowels exhibit tones White Tai Wuming