The influence of simplified Chinese characters on the pronunciation of place names -- a case study of Yulin and Yunan

Lo, Infat

doi:10.18212/cccs.2019..46.012

@article{ART002528784},
author={Lo, Infat},
title={The influence of simplified Chinese characters on the pronunciation of place names -- a case study of Yulin and Yunan},
journal={The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies },
issn={1598-8503},
year={2019},
number={46},
pages={289-298},
doi={10.18212/cccs.2019..46.012}

TY - JOUR
AU - Lo, Infat
TI - The influence of simplified Chinese characters on the pronunciation of place names -- a case study of Yulin and Yunan
JO - The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies
PY - 2019
VL - null
IS - 46
PB - The Society For Chinese Cultural Studies
SP - 289
EP - 298
SN - 1598-8503
AB - The simplification movement of Chinese characters in the last century has a principle of "homophonic substitution", which is to combine some Chinese characters with the same pronunciation in mandarin to reduce the total number of characters in modern Chinese characters. Further, the same treatment was done on place names, replacing place names containing difficult characters with homophonic words in mandarin and fewer strokes in Chinese characters. For example, "ABC" is homophonic in mandarin. The simplified way of Chinese characters is to cancel the traditional "C" and let "B" accept all the meanings of "C". Finally, only "AB" is left in the simplified character. In this case "ABC" is "玉郁鬱[y51". Based on the above method, “C” county in Yunfu city, Guangdong province and “C” city in Guangxi province were changed into “A” county and “B” city. However, the policy makers did not consult the local people. The language in those two cities is the cantonese dialect of Chinese, and the three words "ABC" are pronounced totally differently in the cantonese dialect ([juk55 juk22 wat55]). In retrospect, it is not advisable to combine characters with unrelated meanings in order to reduce the total number of characters. Moreover, according to the principle of "name follows owner", if words (such as "ABC") are read in different places, they should not be combined reluctantly.
KW - simplification of Chinese characters;homophony replace;Yulin;Yunan;place-name pronunciation
DO - 10.18212/cccs.2019..46.012
ER -

Lo, Infat. (2019). The influence of simplified Chinese characters on the pronunciation of place names -- a case study of Yulin and Yunan. The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies , 46, 289-298.

Lo, Infat. 2019, "The influence of simplified Chinese characters on the pronunciation of place names -- a case study of Yulin and Yunan", The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies , no.46, pp.289-298. Available from: doi:10.18212/cccs.2019..46.012

Lo, Infat "The influence of simplified Chinese characters on the pronunciation of place names -- a case study of Yulin and Yunan" The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies 46 pp.289-298 (2019) : 289.

Lo, Infat. The influence of simplified Chinese characters on the pronunciation of place names -- a case study of Yulin and Yunan. 2019; 46 : 289-298. Available from: doi:10.18212/cccs.2019..46.012

Lo, Infat. "The influence of simplified Chinese characters on the pronunciation of place names -- a case study of Yulin and Yunan" The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies no.46(2019) : 289-298.doi: 10.18212/cccs.2019..46.012

Lo, Infat. The influence of simplified Chinese characters on the pronunciation of place names -- a case study of Yulin and Yunan. The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies , 46, 289-298. doi: 10.18212/cccs.2019..46.012

Lo, Infat. The influence of simplified Chinese characters on the pronunciation of place names -- a case study of Yulin and Yunan. The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies . 2019; 46 289-298. doi: 10.18212/cccs.2019..46.012

Lo, Infat. The influence of simplified Chinese characters on the pronunciation of place names -- a case study of Yulin and Yunan. 2019; 46 : 289-298. Available from: doi:10.18212/cccs.2019..46.012

Lo, Infat. "The influence of simplified Chinese characters on the pronunciation of place names -- a case study of Yulin and Yunan" The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies no.46(2019) : 289-298.doi: 10.18212/cccs.2019..46.012

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