Tone Sandhi: Patterns Across Chinese Dialects

by Matthew Y. Chen

Book Overview

Matthew Chen's study, first published in 2000, offers a most comprehensive analysis of the rich and complex patterns of tone used in Chinese languages. Chinese has a wide repertoire of tones which undergo often surprising changes when they are connected in speech flow. The term tone sandhi refers to this tonal alternation. Chen examines tone sandhi phenomena in detail across a variety of Chinese dialects. He explores a range of important theoretical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521033403
• ISBN13: 9780521033404
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"