董同龢先生對語言學的貢獻

Professor Tung T’ung-ho's Contributions to Linguistics

如題所示，本文介紹董同龢先生對語言學的貢獻。從他受老師影響走上學術之路說起，主要分為四個重點：一、上古音韻，二、中古音韻，三、現代方言──閩語研究，四、高山族語言。在漢語方面他研究音韻與方言，兩個相關的方向，並注意從古至今的演變；在高山族方面，他的《鄒語研究》是當時研究高山族語言最完善的一部書。

As the title indicates, this paper is an examination of Professor Tung T'ung-ho's contributions to linguistics. It begins with a general discussion of the way how Professor Tung, under the influence of various teachers, took on academic pursuit as his life long devotion. It continues to highlight Professor Tung's accomplishments in four major fields: Archaic Chinese phonology, Ancient Chinese phonology, modern Chinese dialects---the study on the Min dialects, and the Austronesian languages. On the study of the Chinese language, Professor Tung focused on phonology and dialects, two interwoven subjects, and paid special attention to the historical development from the past to the present. On the study of Austronesian languages, his book in English, A Descriptive Study of the Tsou Language, was the most complete report on Taiwan Austronesian languages at his time.