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Do Mandarin and Wu Isoglosses Cross the Yangtze?
Richard VanNess Simmons
Rutgers University
rv.simmons@rutgers.edu
2003 meeting of the American Oriental Society, Western Branch
University of California, Berkeley, October 10-12, 2003
The Southern Jiangsu region where
Wu and Mandarin meet
General boundary between
Wu and Mandarin
The 3rd person pronoun“他”at the boundary of Mandarin and Wu
“他”Danyang and Dantwu.
“他”in Jinqjiang
“他”in Jintarn and Lihyang
“他” in Lihshoei
“他” in Nantong and Tongjou
The Tongjou Vowel Shift: /tha/ > /tho/
“他”in Mandarin and Wu
The plain negative “不” /peq/-/feq/ isogloss in Jiangsu
“不” in Dantwu & Danyang
“不” in Nantong and Tongjou
“不” in Jintarn
“不” in Jinqjiang
“不” in Lihshoei
The ‘illness’ “病” isogloss in Jiangsu
“病” in Jinqjiang
“病” in Lihshoei
Murmur in Lihshoei forms for“茶”
The ‘Socks’ “袜” isogloss in Jiangsu
“袜” in Jinqjiang
“袜” in Lihshoei
The ‘Meat’ “肉” isogloss in Jiangsu
Initials for “袜” &“肉” in Tongjou
Concluding observations on the boundary between Wu and Mandarin
Acknowledgements
All data utilized in this study was collected in the field during the years 1999 to 2002 by Richard VanNess Simmons, Shi Rujie, Gu Qian, and their associates under the Project for the Investigation of the Boundary between Wu and Jiang-Hwai Dialects, funded by the Henry Luce Foundation U.S. China Cooperative Research Program.
Linguistics maps were drawn with the SEAL system (System of Exhibition and Analysis of Linguistic Data), software developed by Chitsuko and Yusuke Fukushima.
Copyright © 2003 by Richard VanNess Simmons.
Comments welcome: rv.simmons@rutgers.edu