閩南語的存古性、原始語的擬構及分群
Speaker: Prof. Bit Chee Kowk

Date: 17 Jan 2020 (Fri)

Time: 4:00pm

Venue: G24, Arts and Humanities Hub, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK

Language: Mandarin 

Abstract: (Chinese version only)
閩南語主要分布在福建東南沿海地區、廣東東部、西部、海南，以及台灣，是閩語各方言中人口最多 (母語者超過四千八百萬) 的成員。講座分為三部分。第一部分，先從音韻及詞彙的角度切入，介紹閩南語存古的一面，並嘗試判斷它從主流漢語中支出的時間。第二部分，運用歷史語言學中的比較法，擬構「原始閩南語」的音系。「原始閩南語」是指所有現代閩南語方言被推定的祖先。它一方面上承原始閩語，另一方面具備了下啟各種現代方言的條件。第三部分，根據「原始閩南語」系統，對泉州、漳州、大田、潮陽、雷州、海口等十二種現代閩南語方言提出分群 (subgrouping) 方案。初步的分析是：閩南語可以分成「北支」和「南支」兩個大支。分歧集中在韻母方面。

Poster

The Faculty of Arts offers the following elective courses in 2019-20:

• The Beauty of Kunqu Opera (ARTS1001 / UGED1061)
• From Tradition to Modernity: Selected Readings of 20th Century Chinese Culture (ARTS1002)
• Introduction to Chinese Classics (ARTS1003)
  
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The Council of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has approved the appointment of Professor Max Xiaobing Tang as Dean of the Faculty of Arts with effect from 2 September 2019. He will serve for a term of five years.

Professor Max Xiaobing Tang obtained his B.A. degree in English from Peking University in 1984, and received his Ph.D. degree in Literature in 1991 from Duke University. Before joining CUHK, he taught at the University of Michigan for 10 years and was the Helmut F. Stern Professor of Modern Chinese Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and Professor of Comparative Literature. He also held various leadership roles, including Associate Director of the Center for Chinese Studies, Associate Chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures as well as Director of Graduate Studies for the Department. He was the inaugural Director of the newly established Transcultural Studies MA Programme.

Professor Tang’s research expertise covers contemporary Chinese visual culture, theories of art and literature, and changes and developments in the mode of cultural production in modern China. His scholarly work has contributed to the understanding of the complexity as well as vitality of Chinese culture in the 20th century. Professor Tang has published many books and a series of academic journal articles. He was also a member of the External Programme Review Committee of a number of prestigious tertiary institutions such as Columbia University, Boston University and the University of Iowa. In addition, he was the external reviewer for the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong in 2011 and 2014-19, which demonstrates that his academic and professional achievements have been recognised in many sectors of society.

Professor Tang remarked, “I am greatly honoured to be appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at CUHK. CUHK is renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and the Faculty of Arts has gathered an outstanding group of teachers, scholars and researchers, many of them world-class scholars. I look forward to working with this excellent team and together contributing to the exchange and development of inter-disciplinary research in humanities subjects in Hong Kong, Asia and the world.”