Title: The colloquial and the Literary Pronunciations in Zhongyuan Yinyun and the Evolution of Rhymes of the Entering Tone
Abstract: In the book ZhongyuanYinyun some characters belong to two different rhymes.It reflects the colloquial and the literary pronunciations.The difference between the colloquial and the literary pronunciations promote the change in colloquial pronunciation.The evolvement of the entering tone is unbalanced as some tail vowels in the rhymes of the entering tone have already vanished in the Zhongyuan speech.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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