Chinese dragon names
Borrowings/loans of Asian dragon names are an unsolved "Chinese puzzle" in comparative linguistics. Despite consensus that 'dragon' loanwords are widespread, debate continues over transfer dates and directions. Chinese is crucially important because it has one of the oldest and l...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1792252024-07-25T02:27:26Z Chinese dragon names Carr, Michael Otaru University of Commerce Arts and Humanities Borrowings/loans of Asian dragon names are an unsolved "Chinese puzzle" in comparative linguistics. Despite consensus that 'dragon' loanwords are widespread, debate continues over transfer dates and directions. Chinese is crucially important because it has one of the oldest and largest 'dragon' lexical fields in any language. The purpose of this paper is collating Chinese dragon names in order to create a data base for future etymological studies. Published version 2024-07-25T02:27:26Z 2024-07-25T02:27:26Z 1990 Journal Article Carr, M. (1990). Chinese dragon names. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 13(2), 87-189. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.13.2.04 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179225 10.32655/LTBA.13.2.04 2 13 87 189 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1990 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
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Borrowings/loans of Asian dragon names are an unsolved "Chinese puzzle" in comparative linguistics. Despite consensus that 'dragon' loanwords are widespread, debate continues over transfer dates and directions. Chinese is crucially important because it has one of the oldest and largest 'dragon' lexical fields in any language. The purpose of this paper is collating Chinese dragon names in order to create a data base for future etymological studies. |
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