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The Diachrony of Tone Sandhi

Evidence from Southern Min Chinese

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Authors:
  1. Qing Lin

    1. Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China

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  • Offers a whole new perspective on tone sandhi
  • Combines the phonetics, typology and phonology of tone
  • Offers a diachronically oriented explanation of the Tone Circle

Part of the book series: Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics (FiCL, volume 6)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Qing Lin
    Pages 1-22

  3. A Position-Based Diachronic Perspective to Tone Sandhi

    • Qing Lin
    Pages 23-43

  4. Experiment Methodologies

    • Qing Lin
    Pages 45-56

  5. Tonal Changes in Chao-Shan

    • Qing Lin
    Pages 57-81

  6. Tonal Changes in Zhang-Quan

    • Qing Lin
    Pages 83-103

  7. Conclusions

    • Qing Lin
    Pages 105-109

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 111-119
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About this book

This book investigates the diachronic change of the tone sandhi of Southern Min Chinese, which is known for its synchronic arbitrariness and opacity. It argues that in final-prominent tone sandhi, the change of final tones and the change of non-final tones can be highly independent and essentially different from each other. Accordingly, it proposes a new position-based diachronic approach to study the separate evolution of tones occurring at different positions. This book is the first study to rigorously and systematically explore the diachrony of Southern Min tone sandhi.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China

    Qing Lin

About the author

​Dr. Qing Lin is currently working as a lecturer in Chinese Language and Culture at the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and hosting a project on the language documentation of the Chenghai dialect, a variety of Southern Min Chinese. Her main research interest is diachronic linguistics, particularly sound change. Further interests include the phonetics-phonology interface and phonetics-prosody interface. She has published papers on the historical change of Thai tones, the nasal rhymes and the nasal initials of Southern Min Chinese. During her PhD studies, she was awarded grants from the School, the University, and the International Chao-Xue Research Society for her research on Southern Min tones. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Diachrony of Tone Sandhi

  • Book Subtitle: Evidence from Southern Min Chinese

  • Authors: Qing Lin

  • Series Title: Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1939-6

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Peking University Press and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-1938-9Published: 11 September 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4707-8Published: 10 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-1939-6Published: 30 August 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2522-5308

  • Series E-ISSN: 2522-5316

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 119

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 43 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Historical Linguistics, Theoretical Linguistics, Chinese

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