Metrical and Tonal Phonology of Compounds in Two Chinese Dialects.

Duanmu, San

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ERIC Number: EJ510179

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Metrical and Tonal Phonology of Compounds in Two Chinese Dialects.

Duanmu, San

Language, v71 n2 p225-59 Jun 1995

This study argues that both Shanghai and Taiwanese have a metrical system, that compound stress is left-headed in Shanghai and right-headed in Taiwanese, and that a tonal domain is a metrical one. The article explains some asymmetries between Shanghai and Taiwanese and maintains that metrical structure can be determined when data on phonetic stress is nonexistent. (60 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Dialects, Form Classes (Languages), Nouns, Stress (Phonology), Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Tone Languages

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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