The Structure of Tone
| Author | : Zhiming Bao |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 1999-05-20 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780195353327 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0195353323 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (323 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Structure of Tone by : Zhiming Bao
Download or read book The Structure of Tone written by Zhiming Bao and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-05-20 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
