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The Structure of Tone
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Product Description
This book argues a fresh theory about the structure of tone. Bao investigates a wide range of tone sandhi data from various Chinese dialects and other Asian tone languages, providing empirical support for his proposal that tone is a formal entity which consists of register and contour. Bao establishes a clear typological distinction between register tone languages and contour tone languages whose contour tones have a more complex structure.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2211176 in Books
- Published on: 1999-05-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 264 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Finally a book all about tone!...Bao's survey of the development of tone theory is excellent, and is an excellent educational resource on the topic...This book could be a stepping stone to further developments for a tonal theory that is truly universal."--Notes on Linguistics
About the Author
Zhiming Bao is at National University of Singapore.
