Tonogenesis in Yipo-Burmic Syllables with Final Stops

彝緬語系中塞尾韻的聲調起源

10.6503/THJCS.2005.35(2).07

田雅客(Jakob Dempsey)

彝緬語系 ； 聲調起源 ； 藏緬語系 ； 歷史音韻學 ； Lolo-Burmese ； tonogenesis ； Tibeto-Burman ； historical phonology

清華學報

35卷2期（2005 / 12 / 01）

405 - 434

英文

本文對彝緬語系裡的＂入聲＂音節（字尾有塞音），特別是在平常與古全濁聲母有關係的＂低音處＂中表現送氣全清塞音聲母那一類的字（例如＂六＂），提議一個新的，同時也希望是一個更簡單的來源。從東亞各種語系的證據裡可以更清楚瞭解到，筆者所提議的語音發展過程其實在漢藏語系地區早已到處存在。

This paper proposes a new and, hopefully, simpler explanation for the historical development of syllables with final stops in Yipo-Burmic (Lolo-Burmese) languages, particularly in regard to syllables such as 'six,' which show a voiceless, aspirated stop initial in the ”lower register,” a tonal category often associated with voiced proto-initials. Evidence cited from several other East Asian linguistic phyla suggests that the development which the author proposes for Yipo-Burmic is already widely seen in this area.

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