This paper is a follow-up report on research in this area on the basis of further data from Mandarin, Min and Burmese.Ĭah. These included questions on comparative data relevant to the areal spread and historical origin of the ABB form and sound symbolism in the Sino-Tibetan languages. This involves not only careful interpretation of the written records of the past, but also methods for reconstructing earlier forms of language, before the. Give a brief outline of significant dates, events, influences, and language contact in the history of the English language. In this section we base our comments regarding the objective of. Discuss and exemplify the role of homeostasis (structural pressure or structural equilibrium) in language change and comparative historical linguistics. Examples of facts supporting this hypothesis are given in Table 1.ĭuring and following the presentation of that paper many questions were raised which were not dealt with in the paper. OBJECTIVE Historical linguistics is the study of language in its temporal dimension.
Furthermore, it was pointed out that for the ABB form a high front rounded vowel in В implies exceptional positive polarity while all other vowels (mainly low back vowels) imply negative polarity, as mentioned earlier. In that paper which concentrated on Cantonese data, a hypothesis was advanced that the ABB form usually has a negative connotation and that in the rare instances when corresponding BBA forms are found, the BBA form has a positive or agreeable connotation, thereby offering a reversal of polarity. (A in this case can be a noun, verb, adjective and В could be an adjective or more frequently a meaningless syllable). It was noted there that ABB is the basic form in which sound symbolism could be fruitfully explored. At UGA, our primary focus is on historical Indo-European linguistics the history and development of the Indo-European family of. At the VII International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, held at Atlanta in 1974, this author presented a paper on sound symbolism in Chinese. Historical linguistics is the scientific study of how languages change over time, which seeks to understand the relationships among languages and to reconstruct earlier stages of languages. Georgetown University, Washington D.C., October, 1977.ġ. This paper was presented at the X International Conference on Sino- Tibetan linguistics.
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