12. Causes for the Increase in the Yin-Ping Category
12. 阴平类增加的原因
Chung-yu. Chen 陈重瑜
Abstract 摘要
12.1 Five Types of Evidence of High-Frequency Colloquial Forms Changing towards the Yin-Ping Tone.
12.1.1 Reduplicates.
12.1.2 Onomatopoetic forms.
12.1.3 Monosyllabic verbs.
12.1.4 Colloquial (as opposed to literary) vocabulary.
12.1.5 Colloquial (as opposed to literary) readings.
12.2 Early Stage of Sound Changes Giving Rise to Etymological Confusion.
12.3 Closing Words.