从清浊别义看群、匣、喻三的上古来源 = A study on the origins of middle Chinese initials of ɣ-, g-, j- in archaic Chinese : a morphological perspective by 郑琇瑜 Tay, Xiu Yu

“…Kew Sook Chiun supported the first theory but she ignored the effect that chongniu (重钮) and Gong Hwang-Cherng’s reconstruction of Middle Chinese initial l- in Archaic Chinese had on Middle Chinese initials ɣ-, g-, j-. …”
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从清浊别义看群、匣、喻三的上古来源 = A study on the origins of middle Chinese initials of ɣ-, g-, j- in archaic Chinese: a morphological perspective by 郑琇瑜 Tay, Xiu Yu

“…Kew Sook Chiun supported the first theory but she ignored the effect that chongniu (重钮) and Gong Hwang-Cherng’s reconstruction of Middle Chinese initial l- in Archaic Chinese had on Middle Chinese initials ɣ-, g-, j-. …”
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Tonogenesis as an index of areal relationships in East Asia by Pulleyblank, Edwin G.

“…One of the anonymous publisher's readers of my new book, Middle Chinese, remarked: "The problem of substrata and diffusion is given little weight and internal development is taken for granted where many will see the results of outside influences, especially as regards the Altaic connection in the north and the Tai connection in the south." …”
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"Eat", "eclipse" and "adorn": cognates in Chinese by Goertzen, Stanley

“…Computer databases offer a convenient means for entering Chinese synonyms and definitions in a romanized ASCII format, along with easy and quick access to them. The Old and Middle Chinese forms used here are a proposed "logical" and ASCII substitution for Karlren's ad hoc and diacritical-laden "reconstruction".…”
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Chinese Transcription of Buddhist Terms in the Late Hàn Dynasty by Julien Baley, Nathan Hill, Ernest Caldwell

“…To these were added phonological reconstructions of the Chinese terms for late Hàn from Schuessler (2009) and Middle Chinese from Baxter and Sagart (2014a), as well as the Gandhari equivalents of Sanskrit and Pāli terms from Baums and Glass (2002). …”
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Lóngyóu tones and tone sandhi by Chen, Sherry Yong, Kenstowicz, Michael J.

“…A lexically-determined reflex of the Middle Chinese <jats:italic>chiuhsheng</jats:italic> metatony is also documented.…”
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Grammaticalization and lexicalization: suggestions regarding the development of the Chinese change-of-state verb by Wenchao LI

“…Finally, Duàn’s adjective and adverb functions are noted to begin in Middle Chinese (AD 420–1279). Although some of these transitions took place more or less simultaneously during overlapping periods, they developed via two separate paths: the process by which duàn developed into a resultative complement, an adverb, and an adjective is that of grammaticalization, while on the other hand, the process by which duàn developed into a noun is that of lexicalization. …”
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Words Denoting the Sky in Mongolic Languages: Etymology and Semantics by Anna V. Dybo, Viktoria V. Kukanova, Saglara V. Mirzaeva, Evgeny V. Bembeev, Vladimir N. Mushaev, Vyacheslav N. Khoninov

“…The fifth lexical unit *agaɣar may have been included from Buddhist Sanskrit, and the sixth word *kei — from Middle Chinese. The unexpected conclusion is that the original proto-Mongolian word to have denoted the sky simply cannot be reconstructed. …”
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《中原音韵•正语作词起例》：中的最小对立 = The “Minimal Pair” of Zhongyuan Yinyun Zhengyu Zuoci Qili by 杨天惠 Ngiew, Tian Hui

“…Therefore, in this paper, we will proof-read different versions of Qili and follow the methods below to review the phonological system of Zhongyuan Yinyun: Compare the initial, deng（等） and hu（呼）of the sound contrasts with our knowledge of Middle Chinese; Find out the status of the sound contrasts in Yunpu to make sure that the reconstructions we made are able to explain the phonological system of Zhongyuan Yinyun; All the reconstructions in a same rhyme group should fulfill the requirement of rhyming and also can be used to explain the phonetic change between medieval and modern Chinese. …”
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