Tone Sandhi : patterns across Chinese dialects / Matthew Y. Chen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chen, Matthew Y., author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 92.

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 92

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese language--Tone.

Chinese language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 554 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Matthew Chen's study, first published in 2000, offers a most comprehensive analysis 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.

Contents:

1. Setting the stage

2. Tonal representation and tonal processes

3. Directionality and interacting sandhi processes I

4. Directionality and interacting sandhi processes II

5. From base tones to sandhi forms: a constraint-based analysis

6. From tone to accent

7. Stress-foot as sandhi domain I

8. Stress-foot as sandhi domain II

9. Minimal rhythmic unit as obligatory sandhi domain

10. Phonological phrase as a sandhi domain

11. From tone to intonation

Bibliographical appendix: Tone sandhi across Chinese dialects.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-522).

ISBN:

1-107-11753-4

1-280-42069-3

0-511-17563-9

0-511-04053-9

0-511-15611-1

0-511-32908-3

0-511-48636-7

0-511-04830-0

OCLC:

56212035