Rime length, stress, and association domains
dc.contributor.author | Duanmu, San | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-08T20:57:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-08T20:57:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1993-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Duanmu, San; (1993). "Rime length, stress, and association domains." Journal of East Asian Linguistics 2(1): 1-44. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/42998> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0925-8558 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1572-8560 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/42998 | |
dc.description.abstract | Every regular Chinese syllable has a syllable tone (the tone we get when the syllable is read in isolation). In some Chinese languages, the tonal pattern of a multisyllabic expression is basically a concatenation of the syllable tones. In other Chinese languages, the tonal pattern of a multisyllabic expression is determined solely by the initial syllable. I call the former M -languages (represented by Mandarin) and the latter S -languages (represented by Shanghai). I argue that there is an additional difference in rime structures between the two language groups. In S-languages, all rimes are simple, i.e., there are no underlying diphthongs or codas. In M-languages, all regular rimes are heavy. I further argue that a syllable keeps its underlying tones only if it has stress. Independent metrical evidence tells us that heavy rimes may carry inherent stress. Thus, in M-languages, all regular syllables are stressed and retain their underlying tones (which may or may not undergo further changes). In contrast, in S-languages, regular rimes do not carry inherent stress; instead, only those syllables that are assigned stress by rule can keep their underlying tones and hence head a multisyllabic tonal domain. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Linguistics | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Chinese | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Comparative Linguistics | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Japanese | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Languages and Literature | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Theoretical Languages | en_US |
dc.title | Rime length, stress, and association domains | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | East Asian Languages and Cultures | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Humanities | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Program in Linguistics, University of Michigan, 48109-1285, nn Arbor, MI | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/42998/1/10831_2005_Article_BF01440582.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01440582 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of East Asian Linguistics | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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