Papers by Mike Opper
This article is a very basic description of the Samei language spoken in Gaopo district in Kunmin... more This article is a very basic description of the Samei language spoken in Gaopo district in Kunming. This work will appear in their district almanac later this year. Samei is a Ngwi language spoken by fewer than 30,000 people. I prepared a Romanization system, provide just under 1000 vocabulary items, and introduce very basic aspects of the grammar for this language.
25th Annual North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics
Resources by Mike Opper
Selected Talks (English) by Mike Opper
In this paper, I suggest that pre-nuclear glides pattern with the onset in Bai. The evidence come... more In this paper, I suggest that pre-nuclear glides pattern with the onset in Bai. The evidence comes from several unrelated word-formation processes, phonemics of the alveopalatals, and phonemic economy more broadly
} Brief history of the area } Nomenclature of Póyáng } Nature of fieldwork and 1989 County Ann... more } Brief history of the area } Nomenclature of Póyáng } Nature of fieldwork and 1989 County Annals } Phonemic Inventory of Póyáng dialect } Classification of Póyáng dialect } Bigger picture } Póyáng County has been inhabited since the pre-Qin period } Jiangxi, especially in the area around Póyáng, was subject to several population shifts throughout history due to skirmishes and its central location } Historically at the intersection of Wu and Chu kingdoms } Map of Wu and Chu goes here (and Poyang)
A lecture I gave to IIE students about languages and ethnic policy in Yunnan
Selected Talks (Chinese) by Mike Opper
Similar to my pre-nuclear glides talk in English, but earlier and with less data
A dictionary and corpus summary of Japanese loanwords in Chinese. Roughly 5-20% of the modern Chi... more A dictionary and corpus summary of Japanese loanwords in Chinese. Roughly 5-20% of the modern Chinese lexicon is suggested to be borrowed from Japanese depending on how loanwords are classified and whether or not token or type is considered.
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Papers by Mike Opper
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Selected Talks (English) by Mike Opper
Selected Talks (Chinese) by Mike Opper