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Syntax-Phonology Interface: Argumentation from Tone Sandhi in Chinese Dialects (Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics) - Softcover

Book 2 of 19: Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics

Zhang, Hongming

 
9780367596729: Syntax-Phonology Interface: Argumentation from Tone Sandhi in Chinese Dialects (Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367596725 ISBN 13: 9780367596729
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This book centers on theoretical issues of phonology-syntax interface based on tone sandhi in Chinese dialects. It uses patterns in tone sandhi to study how speech should be divided into domains of various sizes or levels.

Tone sandhi refers to tonal changes that occur to a sequence of adjacent syllables or words. The size of this sequence (or the domain) is determined by various factors, in particular the syntactic structure of the words and the original tones of the words. Chinese dialects offer a rich body of data on tone sandhi, and hence great evidence for examining the phonology-syntax interface, and for examining the resulting levels of domains (the prosodic hierarchy).

Syntax-Phonology Interface: Argumentation from Tone Sandhi in Chinese Dialects is an extremely valuable text for graduate students and scholars in the fields of linguistics and Chinese.

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About the Author

Hongming Zhang is a leading expert on tone sandhi, and this book is the culmination of a lifetime’s research.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367596725
ISBN 13 
9780367596729
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
248