Chinese 577 - Chinese Dialectology

Spring
2020
01
3.00
Zhongwei Shen
TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
40763
Herter Hall room 114
zwshen@asianlan.umass.edu
Introduction to Chinese dialectology, focusing on geographical distribution and historical development of modern Chinese dialects. Systematic survey of phonological, lexical, and syntactic structures of the seven major Chinese dialectal groups. Reconstruction of the phonological systems of old Chinese, ca. 10th century B.C. and Middle Chinese, ca. 7th century A.D., based on comparative study of modern Chinese dialects. Prerequisite: CHINESE 375.
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