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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818160903321

Autore

Bao Zhiming <1957->

Titolo

The structure of tone / / Zhiming Bao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-772267-9

1-280-76164-4

0-19-535332-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

495.115

495.116

Soggetti

Chinese language - Tone

Tone (Phonetics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.