Tsu-Lin Mei

List of John Benjamins publications in which Tsu-Lin Mei is involved.

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Mei, Tsu-Lin 2023 上聲來源(< -ʔ)新證 [Final *-ʔ as the source of Chinese rising tone (tone B)] Language and Linguistics 24:3, pp. 502–514 | Article

本文說明(1)「尾、𤈦、苦、雨、九、子、犬、乳、屎、邇」這10個上聲字在藏緬語(Chepang, Lushai)的同源詞帶著-ʔ。由此可見上古漢語的上聲來自漢藏語的*-ʔ。(2)上古漢語的「虎」字*khlaʔ以及古緬語的klaʔ（老虎）都是借自孟高棉語(Mon-Khmer)*klaʔ（老虎）。*klaʔ的-ʔ就是漢語「虎」字上聲的來源。