LINGUIST List 17.300

Sat Jan 28 2006

Books: Phonology, Chinese: Zhang

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Directory         1.    K. van den Heuvel, The Phonology of Shaoxing Chinese: Zhang

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Message 1: The Phonology of Shaoxing Chinese: Zhang
Date: 25-Jan-2006
From: K. van den Heuvel <lotlet.uu.nl>
Subject: The Phonology of Shaoxing Chinese: Zhang


Title: The Phonology of Shaoxing Chinese Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series 123 Published: 2006 Publisher: Utrecht Institute of Linguistics / LOT Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistic
                http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/

Book URL: http://www.lotpublications.nl

Author: J. Zhang, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics Electronic: ISBN: 907686490X Pages: 323 Price: U.S. $ free
Paperback: ISBN: 907686490X Pages: 323 Price: Europe EURO 27.16
Abstract:

This thesis presents a survey of the central aspects of the phonology ofShaoxing Chinese from a synchronic perspective and on the basis of recenttheoretical phonological developments, with the secondary goal of castingsome light on current issues in the phonology of Modern Chinese (Mandarin).

In particular, the thesis presents an analysis of syllable structure,focusing on the syllabic status of the prenuclear glide in Shaoxing. Itcaptures this by way of a multiple-specifier X-bar syllable structure,which allows a syllable to be parsed into Onset and Final, instead of Onsetand Rhyme. It argues that the prenuclear glide in Shaoxing is neither inthe Onset nor in the Rhyme, but located in the specifier position of N"".

This thesis claims that both voiced initial obstruents and low-registertones, though in complementary distribution, occur in the underlyingrepresentation in Shaoxing. It assumes that there are "filler" onsets inthe surface representation to satisfy the consonant-tone correlation andthat there are also onsetless syllables, which are toneless when unstressed.

The thesis also presents a systematic and explicit formulation of theintricacies of tone sandhi in SX. It assumes that tone sandhi in Shaoxingis realized by tone feature spreading and delinking, and does not involveregister features. It presents a metrically-based analysis with ahierarchical constraint ranking that precisely captures the tonal sandhibehaviour and accounts for all the sandhi rules in Shaoxing disyllabicstructures.

This thesis is of interest for general phonologists and for phonologistsworking on Chinese languages.

Linguistic Field(s): Phonology
Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
Written In: English (eng )

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