Finals.
Résumé
This presentation introduces the combinations of main vowel and coda Baxter and Sagart reconstruct for Old Chinese, the main factors which influence their subsequent development (whether the syllable is type A or type B, whether or not there is an *-r- before the main vowel, whether or not a suffix *-s is present. Then there is a survey of the main processes by which Old Chinese finals develop into their Middle Chinese reflexes, with examples of each type of development.
