Diachronic Chinese Phonology: some clues from portuguese travel literature
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2675-4614.v2i01p43-48Keywords:
Historical phonology, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese travel literatureAbstract
The diachronic study of Chinese phonology requires comparing data from multiple sources. Descriptions made by foreign grammarians from 16th to 18th centuries have been instrumental the reconstruction of Ming-Qing guanhua 官話. This, however, is not the only resource: Portuguese travel literature can also make a contribution to this field of studies.
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