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Four-stage evolution of Jìn Chinese entering tones: From Lǚliáng to Bìngzhōu
Author(s)
Date Issued
2022
ISBN
9786188458536
Citation
Wei, Y. (2022). Four-stage evolution of Jìn Chinese entering tones: From Lǚliáng to Bìngzhōu. In Botinis, A. (Ed.). Proceedings of 13 th international conference of experimental linguistics. ExLing 2022, Paris, France (pp. 189-192). ExLing Society.
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
This paper demonstrates the evolution of Jìn Chinese entering tones. The “flip-flop”
phenomenon has been observed in Jìn entering tones. Both Lǚliáng and Bìngzhōu Jìn
have two entering tones, namely, Yīnrù tone and Yángrù tone. The Bìngzhōu entering
tones have a “Yīn-low vs. Yáng-high” contrast, which is opposite to the Lǚliáng “Yīnhigh vs. Yáng-low” contrast. 34 native Lǚliáng and Bìngzhōu Jìn speakers’ recordings
have been acoustically and phonologically analyzed. This study reconstructs a four-stage
path that shows how this “flip-flop” phenomenon, namely, the Lǚliáng “Yīn-high vs.
Yáng-low” entering-tone contrast changed to the Bìngzhōu “Yīn-low vs. Yáng-high”
contrast
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