The lateralization of labio-dorsals in Hmongic-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The lateralization of labio-dorsals in Hmongic

Published:2021-10-14 Issue:s42-s2 Volume:55 Page:493-509
ISSN:0165-4004
Container-title:Folia Linguistica
language:en
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Author:

Jacques Guillaume¹²

Affiliation:

1. Southwest University , Chongqing , China

2. CNRS-CRLAO-INALCO-EHESS , Paris , France

Abstract

Abstract This paper provides support for Ratliff’s hypothesis of a highly unusual shift from labio-dorsal to lateral affricates in some Hmongic languages. It proposes that this shift, which results from a series of sound changes, constitutes evidence for positing a ‘Tlowic’ subgroup within Hmongic. In addition, it disproves attempts to use correspondences between Chinese labiovelars and Hmongic lateral affricates in borrowings as evidence to revise Chinese historical phonology.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/flin-2021-2022/pdf

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