The Hakka Dialect: A Linguistic Study of Its Phonology, Syntax and Lexicon

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Cambridge University Press, Jun 10, 2010 - Foreign Language Study - 612 pages
Originally published in 1973, this was the second in a series of dialect studies planned and produced by the Princeton Chinese Linguistics Project. Professor Hashimoto, Director of the Project, describes the formation and distribution of the Hakka dialects, gives a synchronic analysis of the phonology and syntax, and carries out a systematic comparison with Ancient Chinese, providing the readers with an exhaustive list of words and phrases arranged according to all the known phonological categories of Ancient Chinese. The twenty pieces of dialogue included in this book for syntactic analysis, with their extensive grammatical notes and glossary, can be used as a manual of Hakka. The appendix includes an extensive bibliography of Hakka studies. The series represented the most systematic and detailed linguistic analysis ever attempted for the Chinese languages. It made available to specialists an indispensable working-tool and a comprehensive library of reference.
 

Contents

P Rule Page 1 Phonetic Specification Rule for Syllabic Sibilants
97
Sandhi Rule for Tone 1
111
Sandhi Rule for Tone 2
112
Historical phonology
122
Labialization Rule for h
367
Change Rule for Ancient Rising Tone 1
390
Change Rule for Hakka Endings
440
LIST OF SYNTACTIC RULES
442
S Rule Page 1 S Expansion Rule 442
467
Potential Verb Rule 1
495
This
548
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