Chinese Dialect Classification -- Theory and Practice 汉语方言分区的理论与实践 (a revison and translation of Chinese Dialect Classification -- A Comparative Approach to Harngjou, Old Jintarn, and Common Northern Wu).
Richard VanNess Simmons, Translated by Gu Qian 顾黔.
This volume is a revision and translation of Simmons' Chinese Dialect Classification -- A comparative approach to Harngjou, Old Jintarn, and Common Northern Wu. The book argues for the use of a comparative framework in dialect classification, using data drawn from extensive on-site fieldwork, gathered from living, colloquial dialects. The volume demonstrates how to develop a rigorous common phonological system with this kind of data that can be used to determine dialect relationships and outline the most workable and informative scheme of classification.
本书提出的“通语音系参照法”理论，立足于田野调查，用鲜活的共时口语材料，寻找方言间的对应关系，归纳总结通语音系，制定出一套层级分明、严谨有效的分类学检测标准，据此判定某个方言的性质和归属，探讨汉语方言分区的理论，并探索方言各自的历史以及方言间的相互关系．
