Questions about Baxter & Sagart’s Old Chinese

Authors

  • Axel SCHUESSLER

Keywords:

Old Chinese reconstruction, Comparative method, Hypotheticdeductive method, Baxter and Sagart, Etymology, Xiéshēng series

Abstract

This article raises some questions about the methodology of Old Chinese reconstruction in general and Baxter and Sagart 2014 in particular. Issues are discussed using examples from Baxter and Sagart.

Published

2020-06-23

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