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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467244203321

Titolo

Tonal change and neutralization / / edited by Haruo Kubozono, Mikio Giriko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

3-11-056506-4

3-11-056750-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 pages)

Collana

Phonology and phonetics, , 1861-4191 ; ; volume 27

Disciplina

414/.6

Soggetti

Tone (Phonetics)

Intonation (Phonetics)

Japanese language - Dialects - Phonetics

Chinese language - Dialects - Phonetics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Haruo Kubozono and Mikio Giriko -- Tonal neutralization -- Tonal change -- Contents.

Sommario/riassunto

"This is the first book on tonal change and neutralization. It covers a wide range of tone and pitch-accent languages in Asia, Africa and Europe, with a main focus on Japanese and Chinese dialects many of which are now endangered. In addition to presenting unpublished data, the book provides novel typological analyses of tone and neutralization"--