The Structure of Tone
This book argues a fresh theory about the structure of tone. Bao investigates a wide range of tone sandhi data from various Chinese dialects and other Asian tone languages, providing empirical support for his proposal that tone is a formal entity which consists of register and contour. Bao establishes a clear typological distinction between register tone languages and contour tone languages whose contour tones have a more complex structure.
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The Structure of Tone
This book argues a fresh theory about the structure of tone. Bao investigates a wide range of tone sandhi data from various Chinese dialects and other Asian tone languages, providing empirical support for his proposal that tone is a formal entity which consists of register and contour. Bao establishes a clear typological distinction between register tone languages and contour tone languages whose contour tones have a more complex structure.
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The Structure of Tone

The Structure of Tone

by Zhiming Bao
The Structure of Tone

The Structure of Tone

by Zhiming Bao

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This book argues a fresh theory about the structure of tone. Bao investigates a wide range of tone sandhi data from various Chinese dialects and other Asian tone languages, providing empirical support for his proposal that tone is a formal entity which consists of register and contour. Bao establishes a clear typological distinction between register tone languages and contour tone languages whose contour tones have a more complex structure.

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ISBN-13: 9780195118803
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 05/20/1999
Pages: 264
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile: 1360L (what's this?)
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