A Diachronically-Motivated Segmental Phonology of Mandarin Chinese
by
Wen-Chao Li
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics
ISBN-10
0820442933
ISBN-13
9780820442938
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 1st, 1999
Print length
267 Pages
Weight
564 grams
Dimensions
16.30 x 23.70 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: generalCultural studies
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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.
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