WANG LI'S "RESEARCH ON SINO-ANNAMITE": SOME COMPLEMENTARY DATA AND CORRECTION OF MISPRINTS

Abstract

This paper attempts to re-examine conclusions that Wang Li advanced in his “漢越語研究” (Research on Sino-Annamite) concerning the Sino-Vietnamese phonological system, as well as introduces data to complement Wang’s. Our paper is divided into two sections. The first one seeks to analyze and modify the classifications and acoustic descriptions that Wang Li employed in his analysis of the Sino-Vietnamese phonological system. The second one identifies questionable points in the examples supplied by Wang in his “漢越語研究”; after which initials, rhymes, and tones will serve as our starting points for re-analysis. This section also adds some complementary data as well as corrects misprints found in Wang’s work.