1.13.1.1 Einführende Darstellungen
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- Chen, Ping (1999): Modern Chinese: History and Sociolinguistics: Cambridge University Press.
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1.13.1.2 Einzelaspekte
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- Cheng, Tsai-fa (1985): Ancient Chinese and early Mandarin. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press (Journal of Chinese linguistics / Monograph series, 2).
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- Sagart, Laurent (1999): The roots of old Chinese. Amsterdam: Benjamins (Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic scienceSeries 4, Current issues in linguistic theory, v. 184).
- Shen, Zhongwei (1997): Exploring the dynamic aspect of sound change. Berkeley, Calif. (Journal of Chinese linguisticsMonograph series, 11).
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- Wang, William Shi-yuan (Hg.) (1995): The ancestry of the Chinese language. Journal of Chinese linguistics : Monograph series. Berkeley.
- Wu, Xiu-Zhi Zoe (2004): Grammaticalization and language change in Chinese. A formal view. London: Routledge (RoutledgeCurzon Asian linguistics series). Online verfügbar unter http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0613/2004048223.html.
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- Zhengzhang, Shangfang (1999): The phonological system of old Chinese. Translated by Laurent Sagart. Paris: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales Centre de Recherches Linguistiques sur l’Asie Orientale (Collection des cahiers de linguistique d’Asie orientale, 5).
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