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Comparative Phonology of the Yánzhōu Dialects
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Comparative Phonology of the Yánzhōu Dialects

W. South Coblin
Bulletin of Chinese linguistics, Vol.2008(1), pp.79-143
01/2008
DOI: 10.1163/2405478X-90000048

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Abstract

The Yanzhou dialects of Zhejiang Province are unusual in many ways, and their classification is controversial. On the basis of an earlier article in the Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics (2.2) three of these dialects have been found to share common phonological innovations and thus form a common genetic group. In the present paper the sound systems of these three dialects are compared, and a common system, called "Common Yanzhou" is constructed and discussed.

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