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Published: 8th March 2000
ISBN: 9780521652728
Number Of Pages: 576
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Published: 1st February 2007Matthew Chen's landmark study offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the rich and complex patterns of tone used in Chinese languages. Chinese has a wide repertoire of tones which undergo often surprising changes when they are connected in speech flow. The term tone sandhi refers to this tonal alternation. Chen examines tone sandhi phenomena in detail across a variety of Chinese dialects. He explores a range of important theoretical issues such as the nature of tonal representation, the relation of tone to accent, the prosodic domain of sandhi rules, and the interface between syntax and phonology. His book is the culmination of a ten-year research project and offers a wealth of empirical data not previously accessible to linguists. Extensive references and a bibliography on tone sandhi complete this invaluable resource which will be welcomed as a standard reference on Chinese tone.
"Well-structured, comprehensive and reader-friendly, the book is a genuine encyclopedia of Chinese tone sandhi..." Language "A valuable book that will be of great interest to all phonologists, as well as students of Chinese linguistics." General Linguistics
| Preface | |
| Notational conventions | |
| Setting the stage | |
| Tonal representation and tonal processes | |
| Directionality and interacting sandhi processes I | |
| Directionality and interacting sandhi processes II | |
| From base tones to sandhi forms: a constraint-based analysis | |
| From tone to accent | |
| Stress-foot as sandhi domain I | |
| Stress-foot as sandhi domain II | |
| Minimal rhythmic unit as obligatory sandhi domain | |
| Phonological phrase as a sandhi domain | |
| From tone to intonation | |
| Concluding remarks | |
| Bibliographical appendix | |
| References | |
| Indexes | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9780521652728
ISBN-10: 0521652723
Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (Hardcover)
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 576
Published: 8th March 2000
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 22.86 x 15.24
x 3.66
Weight (kg): 1.01
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