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Děng 等 (Division and Rank)
(3,716 words)
1. Introduction
Děng 等 (‘division’, ‘rank’, or ‘grade’) is a key term in Chinese historical phonology. The original meaning of
děng in traditional Chinese phonology is in reference to the four rows found in early rime tables; their correlation with character pronunciations remains a matter of uncertainty and debate. However, from the 17th century onwards, scholars began to redefine
děng as a classificatory feature of rimes in rime books and, by extension, of the characters belonging to those rimes. It is this later extended meaning that modern linguists…
Date:
2017-03-02
