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Record Nr.

UNINA9910350286403321

Autore

Lin Qing

Titolo

The Diachrony of Tone Sandhi [[electronic resource] ] : Evidence from Southern Min Chinese / / by Qing Lin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

981-13-1939-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics, , 2522-5308 ; ; 6

Disciplina

495.115

Soggetti

Linguistics

Chinese language

Historical Linguistics

Theoretical Linguistics

Chinese

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Position-based Diachronic Perspective to Tone Sandhi -- Chapter 3. Experiment Methodologies -- Chapter 4. Tonal Changes in Chao-Shan -- Chapter 5. Tonal Changes in Zhang-Quan -- Chapter 6. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendix A Monosyllabic Reading List -- Appendix B Disyllabic Reading List.

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates the diachronic change of the tone sandhi of Southern Min Chinese, which is known for its synchronic arbitrariness and opacity. It argues that in final-prominent tone sandhi, the change of final tones and the change of non-final tones can be highly independent and essentially different from each other. Accordingly, it proposes a new position-based diachronic approach to study the separate evolution of tones occurring at different positions. This book is the first study to rigorously and systematically explore the diachrony of Southern Min tone sandhi.