David Prager Branner

List of John Benjamins publications in which David Prager Branner is involved.

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The Chinese Rime Tables: Linguistic philosophy and historical-comparative phonology

Edited by David Prager Branner

This book, the first in its field in a Western language, examines China’s native phonological tool with regard to reconstruction, theory, and linguistic philosophy.After an introductory essay on the nature of the tables and the history of their interpretation, the book concentrates on three areas:… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 271] 2006. viii, 358 pp.

Branner, David Prager 2006 Introduction: What Are Rime Tables and What Do They Mean? The Chinese Rime Tables: Linguistic philosophy and historical-comparative phonology, Branner, David Prager (ed.), pp. 1–34 | Miscellaneous

Branner, David Prager 2006 Some Composite Phonological Systems in Chinese The Chinese Rime Tables: Linguistic philosophy and historical-comparative phonology, Branner, David Prager (ed.), pp. 209–232 | Chapter

Branner, David Prager 2006 Appendix II: Comparative Transcriptions of Rime Table Phonology The Chinese Rime Tables: Linguistic philosophy and historical-comparative phonology, Branner, David Prager (ed.), pp. 265–302 | Appendix

Branner, David Prager 2006 Simon Schaank and the Evolution of Western Beliefs About Traditional Chinese Phonology The Chinese Rime Tables: Linguistic philosophy and historical-comparative phonology, Branner, David Prager (ed.), pp. 151–167 | Chapter

Branner, David Prager 1997 Notes on the beginnings of systematic dialect description and comparison in Chinese Historiographia Linguistica 24:3, pp. 235–266 | Article

When 19th-century Westerners first began applying modern methods to Chinese linguistics, they were heavily influenced by Chinese phonological traditions. This influence is apparent in a number of their methodological decisions. For instance, they do not seem to have resolved their difficulties… read more