2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study of the entering tone in Early Modern Chinese materials
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20K00545
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
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| Research Institution | Yamaguchi University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | 近世中国語 / 入声 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The present study is a contribution to Early Modern Chinese phonology, in which the so-called Hua-yi-yi-yu with texts, a compilation of ten foreign language (Jurchen, Mongolian, Uighur, Persian, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Burmese, Baiyi Tai, Yuan Tai, and Siamese(Thai)) in their own writing systems and also their phonetic translation through Chinese characters, is utilized for analysis. The main purpose of this study is to clarify the evolution of the entering tone in early modern Chinese (mainly during the Ming dynasty). In this study, a total of 1,762 Chinese morphemes written in four different scripts derived from the Brahmi script --- Baiyi, Yuan, Tibetan, and Burmese, were transcribed into romanized characters, and their phonological characteristics were described. The results of the study indicate that the distinction between the three types of syllable-final consonants (i. e.: -p, -t, -k) has been lost, and that the glottal stop may remain.
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| Free Research Field |
中国語学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究の成果は、現在世界最大の話者人口を有する北方中国語(Mandarin)の音韻体系の形成史の解明に寄与する。本研究が扱った資料は中国人が諸外国語を学ぶために作った教科書に見られる発音表記であり、教科書という実用的性質から、当時の中国語音の現実を率直に反映していると見られるが、多種の文字を扱わなければならないという難点があり、中国語の音韻の資料としてこれまで十分に研究されているとは言えない。本研究によって、多言語の発音を表記した漢字、及び多言語の文字によって表記された中国語音が整理され、隋唐代の中国語音との対応関係が明らかにされたことによって、中国語学研究の新資料を加えることができた。
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