Tono-types and Tone Evolution

The Case of Chaoshan

AvJingfen Zhang

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Del 11 i serien Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics

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This book is a comprehensive study on the phonetic characteristics of citation tones in Chaoshan Chinese. This book not only provides a large-scale typological study on Chaoshan Chinese, but also offers a good example of how to figure out the evolutionary paths of tones from the perspective of variation.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-01-05
Mått:155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:471 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics
Antal sidor:182
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789813348691

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Jingfen Zhang is Associate Professor at the College of Humanities and Education, Foshan University, China. She received Ph.D in Linguistics from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2017. Her research interests include experimental phonetics, evolutionary phonology and dialectology. She is currently in charge of a philosophy and social science research project funded by the Ministry of Education of China and has finished two language protection projects.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Literature review.- Chapter 3 Tonal patterns within the Chaoshan area.- Chapter 4 The tonal chain shifts in the Huipu area.- Chapter 5 Tonal changes in the Chaoyang area.- Chapter 6 The evolution of checked tones.- Chapter 7 Conclusion.