英文摘要 |
0. Introduction. Yuen-ren Chao, the great linguist, scholar, and human being to whom the present volume is dedicated, has never hesitated to rearrange data and experiment with systems in the attempt to arrive at the most usable statement for the particular purpose. The article here presented for his consideration follows this lead given by him, and sets forth a restatement, based on first hand examination of the material, of the phonemic system of Siamese Thai. It is hoped that the temerity of this attempt will be tempered by the possible useful insights it gives, insights that may ultimately help to clarify problems, descriptive and historical, in the whole Sino-Tibetan field. |