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The Sinitic Languages: A Contribution to Sinological Linguistics

The Sinitic Languages: A Contribution to Sinological Linguistics

Künstler, Mieczyslaw Jerzy

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Series: Collectanea Serica. New, Book 1

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ISBN10: 0367732009
ISBN13: 9780367732004
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 18 2020
Pages: 330
Language: English

The Sinitic Languages is the quintessence of Mieczyslaw Jerzy Künstler's thirty years of research into the Chinese languages. Originally published in Polish in 2000 as Języki chińskie, this work collected Künstler's various lectures on the fascinating world of this branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It marked the apogee of linguistic research of Chinese languages in Poland. With a keen, intuitive understanding of the workings of these languages, Künstler introduces his readership to the historical development of spoken Sinitic languages. Besides analyzing the various stages of Standard Chinese, he also makes a convincing case for classifying Cantonese, Pekinese, Nankinese, Minnanese, Wu, and other so-called dialects as distinct languages. Künstler's work offers an insightful and detailed overview about synchronic and diachronic research on the major language groups of Chinese, a fast growing academic field until today.

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