FROM 'HEAD' TO 'TOE': SINO-TAI LEXICAL CORRECSPONDENCES IN BODY PART TERMS

漢台語身體部位名稱比較分析

羅永現(Yongxian Luo)

《Journal of Chinese Linguistics》 28卷1期 (2000/01) Pp. 67-99

摘要

This paper provides evidence for Sino-Tai genetic relationship by examining body part terms in Chinese and Tai. Nearly seventy such correspondence sets are established. These findings are at variance with some previous ideas that the two languages lack cognates in basic vocabulary. The implications of these comparisons are explored in the light of wider genetic links. The traditional view of Sino-Tibetan is upheld.

並列摘要

本文運用歷史比較法，對漢台語身體部位名稱進行了對比分析，發現了將近七十個相當整齊的語音對應，從而對有關漢台語之間缺少基本詞彙的看法提出了質疑。文章還發現，這類詞大多數在藏緬語中可以找到同源詞。這些現象為漢台語和漢藏語的親屬關係理論提供了有力的新證據。文章認為，傳統的漢藏語系假說所提出的漢藏語系應包括侗台語的觀點是成立的。