Academic Journal
Reconstructing Old Chinese *‐ts Using Han‐Time Material.
| Τίτλος: | Reconstructing Old Chinese *‐ts Using Han‐Time Material. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Baley, Julien1 (AUTHOR) julien.baley@gmail.com |
| Πηγή: | Transactions of the Philological Society. Jul2026, Vol. 124 Issue 2, p487-512. 26p. |
| Θεματικοί όροι: | *Reconstruction (Linguistics), *Phonetic transcriptions, *Historical linguistics, *Rhyme, *Chinese language, Han dynasty, China, 202 B.C.-220 A.D. |
| Abstract (English): | Baxter & Sagart (2014b) reconstruct *‐Vt‐s on the basis of Middle Chinese reflexes in ‐jH (from some OC *‐s) coupled with either etymological or graphic connections to words in Middle Chinese ‐t. This approach, while perfectly sound, can suffer from lack of etymological or graphic data, leading to missed reconstructions. Since Old Chinese *‐ts syllables retained an *‐s in Late Han Chinese, long after OC *‐Vs and *‐ks had lost *‐s (Baxter 1992: 569), it is possible to use transcriptional (Baley et al. 2023; Baley & Hill, forthcoming) and rhyming evidence (Luó & Zhōu 1958) dated up to the Eastern Hàn 東漢 dynasty to establish an Old Chinese *‐ts reconstruction for words, respectively, transcribing a foreign ‐s or rhyming with other *‐ts words. In the present article, using a mix of network graph methods, graphic variants found in received and excavated texts, rhyme book glosses, and cognates in related languages, we demonstrate the validity of using Hàn 漢 rhyming material to reconstruct an OC *‐ts final. In the process, we propose new reconstructions for several characters previously reconstructed as *‐js by Baxter & Sagart. This proposal, in turn, opens the possibility of revisiting other syllable types and problematic reconstructions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Chinese): | 摘要: Baxter & Sagart (2014b) 根據中古漢語 ‐jH (源自某些上古漢語 *‐s)與部分帶中古‐t 韻尾的詞在詞源或字形上的聯繫，提出了 *‐Vt‐s 的構擬。這一方法雖然合理可行， 但可能由於詞源或字形資料的不足而導致相關構擬有所遺漏。鑑於上古漢語 *‐ts 在東漢 晚期仍保留 *‐s 尾， 而上古漢語 *‐Vs 和 *‐ks 的 *‐s 尾則早已脫落 (Baxter 1992: 569), 我們可以利用截至東漢的對音材料 (Baley et al. 2023; Baley & Hill, 待刊) 和押韻 材料 (Luó & Zhōu 1958) 來構擬上古漢語的 *‐ts。具體來說，可將那些音譯外語帶‐s 的 詞， 或與其他確認爲 *‐ts 的詞所押韻的詞， 構擬爲 *‐ts。 本文綜合利用網絡圖分析 法、 傳世與出土文獻中的異文資料、 韻書注釋以及相關語言中的同源詞等證據， 論證了 漢代押韻材料在構擬上古漢語 *‐ts 韻尾的可靠性。同時， 針對 Baxter & Sagart 原擬爲 *‐js 的若干字詞， 本文提出了新的構擬。 本文也爲進一步重新審視其他音節成分的構擬 及疑難字詞的處理提供了新的可能方向。 [Chinese] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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