Title: A Supplement to the Study of Differentiation of Ancient Voiceless Second-tone Characters in Jian'ou Dialect of Minbei(闽北)
Abstract:In the rhyming system of Wang Qi's poems and fus,the level-tone characters,cross-rhyming with rising and falling tones,are all ones with voiceless initial consonants.This kind of crossing-rhyming phen...In the rhyming system of Wang Qi's poems and fus,the level-tone characters,cross-rhyming with rising and falling tones,are all ones with voiceless initial consonants.This kind of crossing-rhyming phenomenon is perfectly embodied by the voiceless second-tone characters in Jian'ou dialect of Minbei(闽北).As to the phenomenon of dialect-rhyming,the writer argues that the differentiation of voiceless second-tone characters dates from the Late Tang Dynasty,and then hypothesizes outside area's dialect island.Read More
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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