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Tono-types and Tone Evolution

The Case of Chaoshan

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Authors:
  1. Jingfen Zhang

    1. Chinese Language and Literature, Foshan University, Foshan, China

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  • Is a comprehensive study on the phonetic characteristics of citation tones in Chaoshan Chinese
  • Explores tone evolutions in the perspective of tone variations
  • Provides several evolutionary paths of tones
  • Reinterprets “flip-flop” of checked tones in Chaoshan Chinese

Part of the book series: Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics (FiCL, volume 11)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Jingfen Zhang
    Pages 1-14

  3. Literature Review

    • Jingfen Zhang
    Pages 15-34

  4. Tonal Patterns Within the Chaoshan Area

    • Jingfen Zhang
    Pages 35-71

  5. The Tonal Chain Shifts in the Huipu Area

    • Jingfen Zhang
    Pages 73-92

  6. Tonal Changes in the Chaoyang Area

    • Jingfen Zhang
    Pages 93-119

  7. The Evolution of Checked Tones

    • Jingfen Zhang
    Pages 121-150

  8. Conclusion

    • Jingfen Zhang
    Pages 151-158

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 159-182
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About this book

This book is a comprehensive study on the phonetic characteristics of citation tones in Chaoshan Chinese. It presents the tonal patterns of 65 localities in the Chaoshan area under the “multiple-register and four-level” tonal model. Three case studies are conducted to delve into the evolutionary paths of Chaoshan tones. This book not only provides a large-scale typological study on Chaoshan Chinese, but also offers a good example of how to figure out the evolutionary paths of tones from the perspective of variation. The natural alliance of phonetics, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and dialect geography is reinforced. It is also suggested in this book that the joint use of these four disciplines is very promising for the study of Chinese.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Chinese Language and Literature, Foshan University, Foshan, China

    Jingfen Zhang

About the author

​Jingfen Zhang  is Associate Professor at the College of Humanities and Education, Foshan University, China. She received Ph.D in Linguistics from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2017. Her research interests include experimental phonetics, evolutionary phonology and dialectology. She is currently in charge of a philosophy and social science research project funded by the Ministry of Education of China and has finished two language protection projects.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tono-types and Tone Evolution

  • Book Subtitle: The Case of Chaoshan

  • Authors: Jingfen Zhang

  • Series Title: Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4870-7

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

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

  • Copyright Information: Peking University Press 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4869-1Published: 05 January 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4872-1Published: 06 January 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-4870-7Published: 04 January 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2522-5308

  • Series E-ISSN: 2522-5316

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 182

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 112 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Phonology and Phonetics, Historical Linguistics, Linguistics, general

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