A Diachronically Motivated Segmental Phonology Of Mandarin Chinese

Author : Wen-Chao Li
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015047847820

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A Diachronically-motivated Segmental Phonology of Mandarin Chinese by Wen-Chao Li Pdf

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 : Istvan Kecskes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319540276

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Explorations into Chinese as a Second Language by Istvan Kecskes Pdf

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 : C. T. James Huang,Y. H. Audrey Li,Andrew Simpson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-14
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780470655344

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The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics by C. T. James Huang,Y. H. Audrey Li,Andrew Simpson Pdf

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,Yen-Hwei Lin,I-Hsuan Chen,Yu-Yin Hsu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 883 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781108349666

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The Cambridge Handbook of Chinese Linguistics by Chu-Ren Huang,Yen-Hwei Lin,I-Hsuan Chen,Yu-Yin Hsu Pdf

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 : Tae Eun Kim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781351253383

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Mandarin Loanwords by Tae Eun Kim Pdf

English-based Mandarin loanwords are commonly used in Chinese people’s daily lives. Mandarin Loanwords demonstrates how English phonemes map into Mandarin phonemes through Mandarin loanwords adaptation. The consonantal adaptations are the most important in the analyses, and vowel adaptation and tonal adaptation is also considered. Through the analysis, it is proven that the functions of phonology and phonetics play a significant role in Mandarin loanword adaptation, however the functions of other factors, such as semantic functions of Chinese characters and English orthography, are also discussed. Additionally, the phonetic symbolization of Chinese characters is mentioned.

Author : Sin-Wai Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317382492

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The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language by Sin-Wai Chan Pdf

The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language is an invaluable resource for language learners and linguists of Chinese worldwide, those interested readers of Chinese literature and cultures, and scholars in Chinese studies. Featuring the research on the changing landscape of the Chinese language by a number of eminent academics in the field, this volume will meet the academic, linguistic and pedagogical needs of anyone interested in the Chinese language: from Sinologists to Chinese linguists, as well as teachers and learners of Chinese as a second language. The encyclopedia explores a range of topics: from research on oracle bone and bronze inscriptions, to Chinese language acquisition, to the language of the mass media. This reference offers a guide to shifts over time in thinking about the Chinese language as well as providing an overview of contemporary themes, debates and research interests. The editors and contributors are assisted by an editorial board comprised of the best and most experienced sinologists world-wide. The reference includes an introduction, written by the editor, which places the assembled texts in their historical and intellectual context. The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital research resource.

Author : Chin-Chuan Cheng
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110866407

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A Synchronic Phonology of Mandarin Chinese by Chin-Chuan Cheng Pdf

A Synchronic Phonology of Mandarin Chinese.

Author : W. South Coblin
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-30
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780824861261

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A Handbook of 'Phags-Pa Chinese by W. South Coblin Pdf

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 : B. S. Weekes
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1586035924

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Acquired Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Across Scripts by B. S. Weekes Pdf

Describes communication disorders in patients who speak Cantonese, French, German, Hebrew, Mandarin, Spanish and Turkish. This book focuses on the disorders of reading and writing given cognitive neuropsychological models are concerned with how the relationship between orthography, phonology and meaning impacts on acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia.

Author : Jialing Wang,Norval Smith
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110822014

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Studies in Chinese Phonology by Jialing Wang,Norval Smith Pdf

Author : De Bao Xu
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004501959

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Chinese Phonology in Generative Grammar by De Bao Xu Pdf

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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Africa
ISBN : UVA:X030299023

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Ar Or by Anonim Pdf

Vols. 3- include Bulletin of the Czechoslovak Oriental Institut, no. 1-

Author : San Duanmu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780199215782

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The Phonology of Standard Chinese by San Duanmu Pdf

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 : Yuwen Wu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:68653535

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Mandarin Segmental Phonology by Yuwen Wu Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : MINN:31951P00748609W

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Journal of Linguistics by Anonim Pdf