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Khitan studies I. the glyphs of the Khitan small script

Wu, Yingzhe and Róna-Tas, András (2019) Khitan studies I. the glyphs of the Khitan small script. Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 72 (1). pp. 47-79. ISSN 0001-6446

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Abstract

This paper investigates how the Khitan Small Script renders labial stops of the Khitan language in the initial position of words and syllables. Furthermore, it deals with the problems of alloglyphs, drawings of similar shape, and denotations of the same phoneme. The paper begins with the use of glyphs in cases where they transcribe Chinese words. Evidence permitting, this is followed by the use of glyphs in cases of Chinese loanwords and names—subjects in which we have a robust background. Finally, it examines words of Khitan origin with initial labial stops. The result of our investigation is that postaspiration was the distinguishing feature in the binary opposition of labial stops. Alternation of <b> ~ <p> writing is common in cases where a word occurs with high frequency. To demonstrate this, we used the Khitan Corpus published in 2017.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában
P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak
Depositing User: Ágnes Sallai
Date Deposited: 19 Jul 2019 07:34
Last Modified: 31 Mar 2021 23:16
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/94473

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