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A Diachronically-motivated Segmental Phonology of Mandarin Chinese
Wen-Chao Li
出版Peter Lang, 1999
主題Foreign Language Study / ChineseForeign Language Study / MiscellaneousLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & ComparativeLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Phonetics & PhonologyLiterary Criticism / GeneralSocial Science / Anthropology / GeneralSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
ISBN08204429339780820442938
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=UT4LAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋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.