Hidden prosody in philology: yìyŭ 'transcriptions' in the 15th century

• Published in: Papers in Historical Phonology Vol. 4; p. 62–82
• Main Author: Lin, Chihkai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Edinburgh 29.10.2019

This paper investigates how prosody is hidden behind transcriptions in historical resources. Three historical sources are used in the analysis. They are Chinese transcriptions from the 15th century in which Japanese, Korean and Ryukyuan phrases are recorded using Chinese characters. The argument con...