COM.on C.A.5:e41/246-254   Online published on Dec.15, 2011.
doi:10.4236/coca.2011.51041
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Language relationships in East Asia based on syllable statistics

Haixiong Yan, Di Jiang

1. Humanities and Communication College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234 China; 2. Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100081 China.

Abstract: The classical theories and methods of historical linguistics were always challenged when studying the relationships among the East Asian languages. Here we suggested a method of syllable statistics. By measuring the syllable length of the 35 basic words in 352 East Asian languages, we generated a Neighbor-Joining tree of those languages. Our method will not be influenced by paronym recognition, and provides a new way of linguistic phylogeny study.

Key words: syllable statistics, East Asian languages, syllable length, phylogeny

Recieved:  Sep.15, 2011   Accepted: Dec.8, 2011  Corresponding: yanhx@cass.org.cn


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基于音节统计分析法的东亚语言关系

燕海雄,江荻

1. 上海师范大学人文学院,上海200234;2. 中国社会科学院民族学与人类学研究所,北京100081

摘要:历史语言学的经典理论与方法在研究东亚语言的系属关系时遇到了极大的挑战。本文尝试提出音节统计分析法,检索了35个核心词项在352种东亚语言中的音节长度,通过相关运算过程最后利用邻接法(即Neighbor-Joining Method)分析得出东亚语言系属关系的进化树。音节统计分析法摆脱了同源词比较的束缚,减少了人为因素的干扰,避开了鉴别同源词与借词的难题。

关键词音节统计分析法;东亚语言;音节长度;系属关系

 

收稿日期:2011年9月15日  修回日期:2011年12月8日 联系人:燕海雄 yanhx@cass.org.cn



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