Mandarin neutral tone revisited

1 January 1992

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Acta Linguistica Hafniensia

Vol. 24 (1) , 131-152
https://doi.org/10.1080/03740463.1992.10412273

Abstract

This paper argues that (1) not all neutral tones are derived from their full tone counterparts; (2) neutral tones should be classified into three categories: toneless,detonic, and atonic; (3) this typology governs the interaction between de-stress and tone loss; and (4) the tonal mapping of neutral tone results from tone assimilation -- the tonal features of the preceding tone is spread left-to-right to the neutral tone.

Keywords

MANDARIN NEUTRAL
NEUTRAL TONE
REVISITED THIS PAPER
TONAL
TONE RESULTS
TONE REVISITED
TYPOLOGY

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Modern Asian Studies, 1974
A Synchronic Phonology of Mandarin Chinese
Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH ,1973
Peiping Phonology
Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1947