Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves. Also available in print.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Zheng zhi da xue. / Reproduced from typescript. Bibliography: leaves 155-158.

Thesis (M. CM)--Hong Kong Baptist University, 2006. / Dissertation submitted to the School of Chinese Medicine. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-45).

Peng, Yaya. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 158-164). / Text in English with some Chinese characters; abstract also in Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.i / 中文摘要 --- p.ii / AKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.iv / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- GOAL OF THE THESIS --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE THESIS --- p.1 / Chapter 1.3 --- Data collection --- p.2 / Chapter 1.4 --- Theoretical framework --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- The architecture of OT --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4.2 --- OT in the thesis --- p.5 / Chapter 1.5 --- ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS --- p.7 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- PHONEMIC INVENTORIES --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- BACKGROUND OF XUZHOU DIALECT --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Dialectal classification --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Phonetic inventories --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2 --- Previous studies on phonemic inventories of Standard Chinese --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Concept of Phoneme --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Apical “vowels´ح --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Palatal consonants --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3 --- PHONEMIC INVENTORY OF XUZHOU VOWELS --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- High vowels --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Mid vowels --- p.26 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Low vowels --- p.28 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Apical “vowels´ح --- p.29 / Chapter 2.3.5 --- Nasal vowels --- p.32 / Chapter 2.3.6 --- Summary --- p.37 / Chapter 2.4 --- PHONEMIC INVENTORY OF XUZHOU CONSONANTS --- p.39 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Labials --- p.39 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Dentals --- p.40 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Retroflexes --- p.42 / Chapter 2.4.4 --- Velars --- p.43 / Chapter 2.4.5 --- Palatals --- p.44 / Chapter 2.4.6 --- Nasals --- p.49 / Chapter 2.4.7 --- Summary --- p.50 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- PHONOTACTICS --- p.52 / Chapter 3.1 --- Syllables in Xuzhou --- p.52 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Previous studies on prenuclear glides in Standard Chinese --- p.52 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Prenuclear glides in Xuzhou syllable structure --- p.59 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Onsets and rimes --- p.61 / Chapter 3.2 --- Co-occurrences within rimes --- p.62 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Co-occurrences within rimes without medials --- p.62 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Co-occurrences within rimes with j-medial --- p.64 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Co-occurrences within rimes with w-medial --- p.65 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Co-occurrences within rimes with u-medial --- p.65 / Chapter 3.2.5 --- Generalizations and summary --- p.67 / Chapter 3.3 --- Co-occurrences between onsets and rimes --- p.68 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Co-occurrences between labial onsets and rimes --- p.68 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Co-occurrences between dental onsets and rimes --- p.72 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Co-occurrences between retroflex onsets and rimes --- p.77 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Co-occurrences between palatal onsets and rimes --- p.79 / Chapter 3.3.5 --- Co-occurrences between velar onsets and rimes --- p.80 / Chapter 3.3.6 --- Co-occurrences between onsets and rimes with apical nuclei --- p.81 / Chapter 3.3.7 --- Generalizations and summary --- p.82 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- OT ACCOUNT FOR XUZHOU PHONOTACTICS --- p.84 / Chapter 4.1 --- OPTIMALITY THEORY --- p.84 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Basic concepts --- p.84 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Comparison with rule-based theories --- p.85 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Comparison with constraint-and-repair theories --- p.87 / Chapter 4.1.4 --- Summary --- p.88 / Chapter 4.2 --- PREVIOUS STUDIES ON PHONOTACTICS WITHIN A SYLLABLE --- p.89 / Chapter 4.3 --- CONSTRAINT INTERACTIONS IN XUZHOU PHONOTACTICS --- p.94 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Co-occurrence restriction on height --- p.94 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Co-occurrence restriction on roundedness --- p.97 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Co-occurrence restriction on backness --- p.99 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Co-occurrence restriction on labials --- p.102 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- Co-occurrence restriction on coronals --- p.106 / Chapter 4.3.6 --- Co-occurrence restriction on palatals and velars --- p.110 / Chapter 4.4 --- SUMMARY --- p.115 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- MORPHOPHONEMIC ALTERNATIONS UNDER L-SUFFIXATION AND OT ACCOUNT --- p.117 / Chapter 5.1 --- Phonological representations of the suffix --- p.117 / Chapter 5.2 --- BASIC FACTS OF L-SUFFIXATION IN XUZHOU --- p.118 / Chapter 5.3 --- Previous studies on diminutive suffixation in Chinese dialects --- p.123 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Feature-geometric approach --- p.123 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Constraint-and-repair approach --- p.127 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Optimality-theoretic approach --- p.129 / Chapter 5.4 --- Optimality-theoretic account --- p.133 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Suffixation --- p.133 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Vowel retraction --- p.136 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Vowel insertion --- p.139 / Chapter 5.4.4 --- Coda deletion and vowel nasalization --- p.141 / Chapter 5.4.5 --- Coda contraction --- p.145 / Chapter 5.4.6 --- Suppression of vowel retraction/insertion under coda deletion --- p.147 / Chapter 5.5 --- Summary --- p.152 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- CONCLUSION --- p.154 / Chapter 6.1 --- Main findings and arguments --- p.154 / Chapter 6.2 --- CONTRIBUTIONS --- p.156 / Chapter 6.3 --- LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE STUDIES --- p.157 / REFERENCES --- p.158

The Liang dynasty poet Xiao Gang’s “poems on things” (yongwu shi) have traditionally been read as shallow, overwrought descriptions of palace life devoid of the allegorical dimensions that were thought to ennoble the genre. This thesis argues that the figurative dimensions of these supposedly non-figurative poems must be understood in the context of the profound influence Buddhism and Buddhist thought had on Xiao Gang’s conceptions of literary practice. Through close readings of six “poems on things,” I demonstrate that Xiao Gang’s use of descriptive language doubles as an exploration of Buddhist concepts of sensuous reality, emptiness, and dependent co-arising. By exploring Xiao Gang’s thematization of abstract Buddhist philosophical concepts in the traditionally Confucian genre of the yongwu shi, I suggest that the impact of Buddhist ideas on Chinese figurative modes of poetic meaning was more profound than scholars of this period have previously suggested.

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