A Diachronically Motivated Segmental Phonology Of Mandarin Chinese
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Author | : Wen-Chao Li |
Publisher | : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
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Breaking with the Saussurean tradition of separating the synchronic from the diachronic, this book presents an analysis of Mandarin Chinese segmental phonology in which rules and constraints are modeled after historical sound change. The analysis provides original solutions to major phonological problems, most notably, the relationship between sibilant and velar initials, the organization of vowel space and relations between vowel phonemes, the nature of the «zero onset», and the identity and effect of the diminutive suffix. Changes in the pronunciation of Standard Chinese are accounted for using recent conceptions of feature geometry; research into language contact on the Sino-Turkic frontier leads to the discovery of Altaic vowel harmony in Mandarin, an original hypothesis that drastically simplifies Mandarin morphophonology and introduces a new dimension to the vowel system of Northern Chinese.
Author | : Chin-Chuan Cheng |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 93 |
Release | : 2011-05-02 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110866404 |
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A Synchronic Phonology of Mandarin Chinese.
Author | : C. T. James Huang |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 692 |
Release | : 2014-04-14 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0470655348 |
Download The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics is the first comprehensive introduction to Chinese linguistics from the perspective of modern theoretical and formal linguistics. Containing twenty-five chapters, the book offers a balanced, accessible and thoughtfully organized introduction to some of the most important results of research into Chinese linguistics carried out by theoretical linguists during the last thirty years. Presenting critical overviews of a wide range of major topics, it is the first to meet the great demand for an overview volume on core areas of Chinese linguistics. Authoritative contributions describe and assess the major achievements and controversies of research undertaken in each area, and provide bibliographies for further reading. The contributors refer both to their own work in relevant fields, and objectively present a range of competitor theories and analyses, resulting in a volume that is fully comprehensive in its coverage of theoretical research into Chinese linguistics in recent years. This unique Handbook is suitable both as a primary reader for structured, taught courses on Chinese linguistics at university level, and for individual study by graduates and other professional linguists.
Author | : Chu-Ren Huang |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 883 |
Release | : 2022-08-18 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1108349668 |
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The linguistic study of Chinese, with its rich morphological, syntactic and prosodic/tonal structures, its complex writing system, and its diverse socio-historical background, is already a long-established and vast research area. With contributions from internationally renowned experts in the field, this Handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of the central issues in Chinese linguistics. Chapters are divided into four thematic areas: writing systems and the neuro-cognitive processing of Chinese, morpho-lexical structures, phonetic and phonological characteristics, and issues in syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and discourse. By following a context-driven approach, it shows how theoretical issues in Chinese linguistics can be resolved with empirical evidence and argumentation, and provides a range of different perspectives. Its dialectical design sets a state-of-the-art benchmark for research in a wide range of interdisciplinary and cross-lingual studies involving the Chinese language. It is an essential resource for students and researchers wishing to explore the fascinating field of Chinese linguistics.
Author | : Jialing Wang |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2013-02-06 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110822016 |
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Author | : Istvan Kecskes |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2017-06-23 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 3319540270 |
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This volume explores how linguistic research can support the teaching and learning of Chinese as a second language. It responds to a rapidly growing interest in the Chinese language all over the world, and answers the need for a strong research background for the discipline. Without that, Chinese language learning remains only a unique experience and/or a useful education challenge. The first section explores crucial issues about the structure and use of Chinese as a Second Language such as word-order, noun-noun compounds, meaning-making in writing, pronunciation and stress and tone. The second section explores the learning of Chinese by seeking answer to questions about difficulties, expectations, beliefs, use of corpus and learning how to express necessity. The authors coming from eight different countries demonstrate how existing knowledge has been generated, bring together different lines of research, point out tendencies in the field, demonstrate and explain what tools and methods researchers can use to address major issues in the field, and give direction to what future research should focus on.
Author | : San Duanmu |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2007-10-18 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0199215782 |
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This comprehensive study of Chinese phonology covers both factual description and theoretical analyses. In addition, efforts have been made to avoid unecessary jargon and to introduce relevant theories in a non-technical way.
Author | : De Bao Xu |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2021-11-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9004501959 |
Download Chinese Phonology in Generative Grammar Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Contains eight papers that cover the areas of field-work, dialectology, and synchronic studies of segmental and tonal systems of the Chinese language family. These papers are related to the theoretical issues in: the SPE Model; Lexical Phonology and Morphology; Autosegmental Phonology; Metrical Phonology; and Optimality Theory.
Author | : W. South Coblin |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2006-11-30 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0824861264 |
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Phags-pa Chinese is the earliest form of the Chinese language to be written in a systematically devised alphabetic script. It is named after its creator, a brilliant thirteenth-century Tibetan scholar-monk who also served as political adviser to Kublai Khan. 'Phags-pa's invention of an alphabet for the Mongolian language remains an extraordinarily important accomplishment, both conceptually and practically. With it he achieved nothing less than the creation of a unified script for all of the numerous peoples in the Mongolian empire, including the Central Asian Turks and Sinitic-speaking Chinese. 'Phags-pa is of immense importance for the study of premodern Chinese phonology. However, the script is difficult to read and interpret, and secondary materials on it are scattered and not easily obtained. The present book is intended as a practical introduction to 'Phags-pa Chinese studies and a guide for reading and interpreting the script. It consists of two parts. The first part is an introductory section comprising four chapters. This is followed by a glossary of 'Phags-pa Chinese forms and their corresponding Chinese characters, together with pinyin and stroke order indexes to those characters.The first introductory chapter outlines the invention of the 'Phags-pa writing system, summarizes the major types of material preserved in it, and describes the historical and linguistic contexts in which this invention occurred. Following chapters detail the history of 'Phags-pa studies, the alphabet and its interpretation, and the salient features of the underlying sound system represented by the script, comparing it with those of various later forms of Chinese that have been recorded in alphabetic sources. A Handbook of 'Phags-pa Chinese will be of special interest to Chinese historical phonologists and scholars concerned with the history and culture of China and Central Asia during the Yuan period (A.D. 1279–1368).
Author | : Jingyun Lee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 109 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : |
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