Journal article
Francisco Varo and the Sound System of Early Qīng Mandarin
Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol.118(2), pp.262-267
04/1998
DOI: 10.2307/605899
Abstract
The study of Chinese historical phonology is plagued by the fact that the Chinese script is nonalphabetic. To this is added the problem that detailed descriptions of pre-modern Chinese sound systems are rare. A most interesting treatment of seventeenth-century standard Mandarin is found in the Arte de la Lengua Mandarina, a grammar written by the Spanish Dominican, Francisco Varo. The present paper summarizes Varo's description and introduces his romanization system for early Qing Mandarin.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Francisco Varo and the Sound System of Early Qīng Mandarin
- Creators
- W. South Coblin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol.118(2), pp.262-267
- DOI
- 10.2307/605899
- ISSN
- 0003-0279
- eISSN
- 2169-2289
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/1998
- Academic Unit
- Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures
- Record Identifier
- 9984095162802771
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