Fuzhou phonology and grammar
Author: Zhuqing Li
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13:
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Prosodic Phonology of the Fuzhou Dialect
Author: Shuxiang You
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-03-31
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 0429534507
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProsodic Phonology of the Fuzhou Dialect: Domains and Rule Application is the first attempt to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the Fuzhou phonological system from the perspective of prosodic phonology. It addresses the following issues: What prosodic constituents exist in the Fuzhou dialect and what kinds of roles they play in the Fuzhou phonological system; how to define the domain formation of these prosodic constituents in the Fuzhou dialect; what kinds of Fuzhou phonological phenomena make crucial reference to these prosodic constituents as the domain of application; and what implications does the study of the Fuzhou phonological system have for the prosodic phonology theory. This book is a valuable text for students and scholars in the field of Chinese dialectology, Min dialects, prosodic phonology, and phonology-morphosyntax interface.
Syntax-Phonology Interface
Author: Hongming Zhang
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2016-11-25
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 1351776207
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
A Grammar of Shaowu
Author: Sing Sing Ngai
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2021-09-20
Total Pages: 773
ISBN-13: 1501512307
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first comprehensive grammar of Shaowu, a Min language spoken in Shaowu city and its environs in northwestern Fujian province, China. The book offers first-hand linguistic data collected over four years in the field, now placed at the disposal of researchers and students working in language documentation, comparative linguistics and Sinitic typology. It can serve as a reference grammar for those interested in learning the Shaowu language, thereby helping to preserve it. In addition, the book provides insights into Shaowu's classification which has been widely debated, thus elucidating its genetic affiliation. The book first presents Shaowu's geography, demography and history. It then profiles the language's phonology and lexicon, before providing a detailed description of its syntax, notably on its nominal, predicate, clausal and complex sentence structures, which are the focus of the book. The typological profile of Shaowu is also treated with the conclusion that the language has Gan, Hakka, Mandarin and even some Wu overlays on its Min base. The Shaowu language serves an excellent example to illustrate the degree of hybridity a language can attain due to intensive language contact over time.
Prosodic Studies
Author: Hongming Zhang
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-09-23
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 1351212850
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProsody is one of the core components of language and speech, indicating information about syntax, turn-taking in conversation, types of utterances, such as questions or statements, as well as speakers' attitudes and feelings. This edited volume takes studies in prosody on Asian languages as well as examples from other languages. It brings together the most recent research in the field and also charts the influence on such diverse fields as multimedia communication and SLA. Intended for a wide audience of linguists that includes neighbouring disciplines such as computational sciences, psycholinguists, and specialists in language acquisition, Prosodic Studies is also ideal for scholars and researchers working in intonation who want a complement of information on specifics.
Chinese Phonology in Generative Grammar
Author: De Bao Xu
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-11-15
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9004501959
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains 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.
The Phonology of Standard Chinese
Author: San Duanmu
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2007-10-18
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 0199215782
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Approaches to Phonological Complexity
Author: François Pellegrino
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 3110223945
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDraws on an interdisciplinary sketch of the phonetics-phonology interface in the light of complexity.
Fujianese Dictionary & Phrasebook
Author: Editors of Hippocrene Books
Publisher: Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrase
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780781813136
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFujianese is spoken by more than 47 million native speakers, mainly in China and Taiwan. It has become one of the most common Chinese languages abroad, spoken widely in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the United States. Originating from the Fujian province on the southeastern coast of China, Fujianese (or Hokkien) is a part of the Min Nan family of Chinese dialects. This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to south China with the tools they need to communicate in Fujianese and experience the region fully. The bilingual dictionary has 4,000 entries and phonetics that are intuitive for English speakers. The phrasebook allows instant communication, covering topics from introductions, transportation, dining out, and business.
The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics
Author: C. T. James Huang
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2018-03-20
Total Pages: 694
ISBN-13: 1119457076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
