JOURNAL OF HEBEI UNIVERSITY (Philosophy and Social Science) ›› 2017, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 31-41.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-6378.2017.04.005

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Chinese in Liao Dynasty and the Formation of the Phonological Strata of Hebei Dialects

FU Lin   

  1. College of Literature, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
  • Received:2016-12-10 Online:2017-09-20 Published:2017-09-20

Abstract: Liao Dynasty was the critical period in the formation of the phonological features of Chinese in Hebei Province, Beijing and Tianjin. Some features of Chinese in Liao Dynasty had been extracted from the Khitan texts, among of which were *pau>*pu, *chiang>*chang, and *ak/ok>*au/ou that existed as underlying layer in modern Chinese dialects in Hebei Province.

Key words: Liao Chinese, Khitan scripts, Hebei Chinese dialects, phonological strata

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