试析上古汉语*sP-类复声母的演变

A Tentative Analysis of the Development of the Initial Cluster *sP in Archaic Chinese

通过对汉语唇齿通转材料、民族语言的语音演变情况和汉藏语同源词比较等材料分析,可以推论上古汉语*sP-类复声母的字,在塞擦音产生之前主要与擦音心母谐声。之后*sP-的s词头慢慢弱化并最终失去,受短元音复化影响,这类字中古时大多演变为三等唇音字,并具有重纽四等特征。

In light of the tongzhuan materials between characters bearing labial and dental initials, the phonological development of ethnic minority languages and the comparison of Sino-Tibetan cognates, it may be deduced that the characters bearing the ＊sP- initial cluster mainly hold the xiesheng relationship with those bearing the fricative ＊s （traditionally the xinmu心 initail ） before the emergence of the affricates. Thereafter, the pre-initial ＊s- in the ＊sP- cluster was reduced and eventually lost. Under the influence of the following short vowels, these syllable fell into Division III with labial initials, assuming the features of Division IV chongniu syllables.