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Issue No. Issue 65 
Title On the Strata Analysis and Phonological Changes of Xiào Shè Grade-3 and Grade-4 Cognates in Proto Min Finals 
Author Wu, Rui-wen 
Page 75~118 
Abstract In this article, I reexamine the reconstruction of the Grade-3 and Grade-4 Cognates of Xiào Shè in Proto Min on the basement of Norman’s reconstruction. Norman pointed out that there are two proto finals for Xiào Shè Grade-3 and Grade-4 i.e. *iau and *eu respectively. According to those two finals, it seems that proto Min simply has correspondences with Ancient Chinese Xiào Shè Grade-3 and Grade-4 simply. However, Xiào Shè Grade-3 and Grade-4 have other correspondences which shows that proto Min possessed difference phonological strata. My conclusion is below: 1. In proto Min, Xiào Shè Grade-3 has two proto forms: *au and *iɑu. 2. Xiào Shè Grade-4 has two proto forms: *iɑu and *iau. 3. Based on the historical phonological and lexical evidence, I suggest that *au and *íɑu are come from Archaic Chinese. In other words, the phonological contract shows that the middle element *-j- is dropped in Proto Min final system. *iɑu and *iau could be traced to Jiang-dong Dialect, which is a southern language used in Six Dynasties.
 
Keyword Min dialect, Xiào Shè, stratum, comparative method, historical linguistics 
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