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The structure of tone / Zhiming Bao.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bao, Zhiming, 1957- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese language--Tone.
- Chinese language.
- Tone (Phonetics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bao presents a theory of tone which supports the typological distinction between African-type tone languages and Asian-type tone languages. He argues for a novel structure of tone, and supports it with data from Chinese dialects and other Asian languages.
- Contents:
- Contents; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Theories of Tone: A Survey; Chapter Three: The Representation of Tone; Chapter Four: The Autosegmental Nature of Tone; Chapter Five: Tone in Phonological Representation; Chapter Six: The Mid Tone; Chapter Seven: Epilogue; Notes; Appendix; References; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772267-9
- 1-280-76164-4
- 0-19-535332-3
- OCLC:
- 252642691
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