Tonal Change and Neutralization: 27 (Phonology and Phonetics [PP], 27) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3110686392 ISBN 13: 9783110686395

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, 2019

Synopsis

No book has ever been published on tonal change and neutralization, two closely related topics in tonal phonology. This will be the first book to be devoted to both.
The articles collected in this volume analyze a wide range of data concerning tonal change and neutralization, including post-lexical neutralization which represents a new topic in prosodic research. The volume as a whole covers a wide range of tone and pitch-accent languages in Asia, Africa and Europe, with a main focus on Asian languages/dialects many of which are endangered now. In addition to presenting novel data and analyses about individual languages, it provides typological perspectives on tonal change and neutralization.
This volume will serve as an indispensable source of data and analyses for a wide range of linguists interested in phonetics, phonology, prosody, historical linguistics, language typology, endangered languages, Japanese linguistics, and Chinese linguistics.

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About the Author

Haruo Kubozono, National Instiute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Tokyo, Japan; Mikio Giriko, Osaka University, Japan.

Edition details

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110686392
• ISBN 13: 9783110686395
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Giriko