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Tone Sandhi : patterns across Chinese dialects /

Matthew Chen's landmark study offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the rich and complex patterns of tone used in Chinese languages. His book, the culmination of a ten-year research project, explores a range of important theoretical issues against a wealth of empirical data not prev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chen, Matthew Y.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Colección:Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 92.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Notational conventions; 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; Concluding remarks.