Tono-types and Tone Evolution
The Case of Chaoshan
1st Edition
Published on 4. January 2021
XVIII, 182 pages
978-981-334-870-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a comprehensive study on the phonetic characteristics of citation tones in Chaoshan Chinese. It presents the tonal patterns of 65 localities in the Chaoshan area under the "multiple-register and four-level" tonal model. Three case studies are conducted to delve into the evolutionary paths of Chaoshan tones. This book not only provides a large-scale typological study on Chaoshan Chinese, but also offers a good example of how to figure out the evolutionary paths of tones from the perspective of variation. The natural alliance of phonetics, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and dialect geography is reinforced. It is also suggested in this book that the joint use of these four disciplines is very promising for the study of Chinese.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Publishing group
Springer Singapore
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XVIII, 182 p. 133 illus., 112 illus. in color.
File size
10,92 MB
ISBN-13
978-981-334-870-7 (9789813348707)
DOI
10.1007/978-981-33-4870-7
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
01/2021
Springer
€106.99
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Person
Jingfen Zhang
is Associate Professor at the College of Humanities and Education, Foshan University, China. She received Ph.D in Linguistics from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2017. Her research interests include experimental phonetics, evolutionary phonology and dialectology. She is currently in charge of a philosophy and social science research project funded by the Ministry of Education of China and has finished two language protection projects.
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Literature review.- Chapter 3 Tonal patterns within the Chaoshan area.- Chapter 4 The tonal chain shifts in the Huipu area.- Chapter 5 Tonal changes in the Chaoyang area.- Chapter 6 The evolution of checked tones.- Chapter 7 Conclusion.
