GRADE MEDIALS AND VOCALIC ALLOPHONE DEVELOPMENT: HAN TO LIANG

GRADE MEDIALS AND VOCALIC ALLOPHONE DEVELOPMENT: HAN TO LIANG

The present article postulates a bisegmental nature for the grade medials of late Hàn to Liáng Chinese, giving nine possible permutations, and attempts to interpret the proliferation of rhyming categories during the period in terms of allophonic variation of the peak vowels induced by these medial c...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Chinese Linguistics 1983-01, Vol.11 (1), p.120-169
1. Verfasser: Johnstone, Simon W
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The present article postulates a bisegmental nature for the grade medials of late Hàn to Liáng Chinese, giving nine possible permutations, and attempts to interpret the proliferation of rhyming categories during the period in terms of allophonic variation of the peak vowels induced by these medial complexes. Only the unrounded peak vowels /ɣ/ and /α/ are considered.
ISSN:0091-3723