Testing the Role of Phonetic Naturalness in Mandarin Tone Sandhi
33 Yuwen Lai The University of Kansas yuwen@ku.edu It has long been noted that phonological patterning is influenced by phonetic factors. But phonologists diverge on whether phonetic motivations take effect in synchronic or diachronic phonology. This article aims to tease apart the two theories by i...
Main Authors: | Zhang, Jie, Lai, Yuwen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Kansas
2006-01-01
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Series: | Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/1230 |
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