{"title":"On the raison d’être of the notion of Sprachbund, with special reference to languages in China","authors":"Pui Yiu Szeto","doi":"10.1353/jcl.2017.a904493","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"語言聯盟(Sprachbund)泛指沒有親緣關係(或關係疏遠)的語言之間, 在同一區域長期接觸下產生的結構趨同現象。雖然學界不乏關於語言 聯盟的研究,但以往的研究未有具體及劃一的標準去界定何謂語言聯 盟。因此,語言聯盟的概念時而模糊不清,甚至令人質疑其存在意義。 有見及此,本文建議以歷史證據為基礎,去建立清晰嚴謹的標準來辨 識語言聯盟。以此方法界定的語言聯盟具有相似的形成背景,從而確 保彼此之間的可比性,令學者得以將研究重心置於語言接觸的機制及 結果。中國歷史悠久、地大物博、族群紛雜、語種繁多,為語言聯盟 的研究提供了一個重要平台。目前,中國境內最少有兩個符合嚴格標 準的語言聯盟,分別為華南地區的西嶺南語言聯盟,以及西北地區的 安多語言聯盟。區域內各語言族群間的密切接觸互動,不僅導致語言 結構和文化風俗上的相互滲透,甚至對群體遺傳結構造成一定程度的 影響。此等發現反映了語言聯盟內的族群互動現象複雜多變,故對語 言學及人類學等學科皆有重大研究價值,非常值得深入探索。","PeriodicalId":44675,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chinese Linguistics","volume":" ","pages":"-"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Chinese Linguistics","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jcl.2017.a904493","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ASIAN STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
期刊介绍:
Journal of Chinese Linguistics (JCL) is an academic journal, which comprises research content from both general linguistics and Chinese linguistics. It is edited by a distinguished editorial board of international expertise. There are two publications: Journal of Chinese Linguistics (JCL) and Journal of Chinese Linguistics Monograph Series (JCLMS).