TY - BOOK AU - Boltz,William G. AU - Shapiro,Michael C. TI - Studies in the historical phonology of Asian languages T2 - Current issues in linguistic theory SN - 9789027277916 AV - P381.A75 S78 1991eb U1 - 495 22 PY - 1991/// CY - Amsterdam, Philadelphia PB - John Benjamins Pub. Co. KW - Paleography KW - Language and languages KW - Language KW - Paléographie KW - Langage et langues KW - paleography KW - aat KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY KW - Southeast Asian Languages KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Languages & Literatures KW - hilcc KW - Philology & Linguistics KW - Asia KW - Languages KW - Asie KW - Langues N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; STUDIES IN THE HISTORICAL PHONOLOGY OF ASIAN LANGUAGES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ZHOU AND HAN PHONOLOGY IN THE SHIJING; VOWEL HARMONY LOSS IN URALIC AND ALTAIC; THE OLD CHINESE TERRESTRIAL RAMES IN SAEK; DIACHRONIC ASPECTS OF REGULAR DISHARMONY IN MODERN UYGHUR; VLAX PHONOLOGICAL DIVERGENCE FROM COMMON ROMANI: IMPLICATIONS FOR STANDARDIZATION AND ORTHOGRAPHY; DIALECTS, DIGLOSSIA, AND DIACHRONIC PHONOLOGY IN EARLY INDO-ARYAN; The emergence of the syllable types of stems (c)vcc(v) and (c)vc(v) in indo-aryan and dravidian: conspiracy or convergence?how many verner's laws does an altaicist need?; nasals in old southern chinese; proto-korean and the origin of korean accent; index of languages; index of names N2 - This volume owes its genesis to a series of lectures on various aspects of the historical phonology of Asian languages, sponsored by the Asian Linguistics Colloquium of the Department of Asian Languages and Literature of the University of Washington, in Seattle. The volume includes papers on both theoretical and applied aspects of Asian linguistics, and topics examined include vowel harmony, dialect variation and "inherent variability", historical reconstruction based on written records, historical reconstruction based on the comparative method, accentology, and language standardization. While UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=399956 ER -