汉藏同源假说与古音研究中的若干问题——汉藏同源的谱系关系及其研究方法讨论

汉藏同源是一个未经证实的假说,其同源的历史范围及其谱系关系,迄今为止,仍是一个聚讼不决的话题,学界还没有一个令各方都能接受的研究成果,因此,汉藏同源说基本上还处于有待科学证明的过程之中。而其中研究方法至关重要,基本词汇的确定,同源词的择取和音系的比较构拟,都不能简单地从想象出发。文章就汉藏亲属语言的谱系关系及其研究方法进行了反思和检讨。

Sino-Tibetan Language Family Hypothesis and Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Languages: A Critical Review of Genealogical Relationship between Chinese and Tibetan and Its Research Methodology

The so-called Sino-Tibetan language family is just a unverified hypothesis,with its historical scope and the genetic relations between the two languages remaining a controversy and with no academic achievements in this area universally accepted by scholars in the linguistic community so far.The hypothesis,therefore,has yet to be proved by scientific evidence.In this process,scientific research methodology is of utmost importance.We can not identify the basic vocabulary,choose cognate words and reconstruct the phonological system merely out of our imagination.This paper is a critical review of the Sino-Tibetan language family hypothesis and its research methodology.