RETHINKING THE *-S HYPOTHESIS FOR CHINESE QUSHENG TONE

去声源于*-s尾假说之再检讨

汪鋒(Feng Wang)

《Journal of Chinese Linguistics》 34卷1期 (2006/01) Pp. 1-24

摘要

This paper re-examines the reconstruction of Old Chinese ending *-s as the origin of qusheng (departing tone) in Middle Chinese. Both external evidence and internal evidence for the *-s hypothesis are demonstrated to be insufficient. However, the consistency of external and internal evidence and the comparison between Bai and Chinese suggest that it is more compelling to establish two categories of qusheng words in Old Chinese, one category with *-s ending and the other without *-s ending.

關鍵字

Old Chinese ； Qusheng ； The *-s hypothesis ； Bai ； Consistency

並列摘要

本文重新考察了中古汉语去来源于上古汉语*-s尾的假说，指出支持该假说的内部证据并不充分。但来自各方面一致性证据都显示更合理的假说是承认上古汉语的去声分为两类，一类有-s尾，另一类没有-s尾。至于去声的起源问题，目前的研究尚不足以作出确定的回答。

並列關鍵字

古汉语 ； 去声 ； *-s尾假说 ； 白语 ； 一致性