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ISBN10: 0199215790, ISBN13: 9780199215799, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Softcover Paperback. This is a new and revised edition of the title first published by OUP in 2000. From the reviews of the first edition:'This book is a comprehensive study of the phonology of Standard Chinese. Not only is it rich in detailed and amazingly accurate factual description, it also proposes elegant theoretical solutions to many long-standing problems in Chinese phonology, such as word length variation, word order, and theapplication of the third tone sandhi. Another great strength of the book is that in every chapter, the generative literature on related issues is carefully reviewed. Therefore it can also serve as a greatreference book for the past advances in Chinese generative phonology. Moreover, the book is written in a down-to-earth fashion and is very approachable by anyone with the slightest interest in Chinese languages or phonology but relatively little training in either area.' Jie Zhang, Linguist'Because of its accessibility, this book can be used as an introductory textbook for Chinese phonology or Chinese linguistics. Every phonologist and student of Chineselinguistics will find something valuable from the book because of its wealth of data and insightful analyses.' Yen-Hwei Lin, Phonology'Explanations are based on a variety of perspectives, fromtraditional views of the phoneme to feature geometry and Optimality Theory, each ...
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ISBN10: 0199215790, ISBN13: 9780199215799, [publisher: OUP UK] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The fully revised edition of San Duanmu's popular introduction to Chinese phonology reflects recent research and theoretical advances in particular work in feature, syllable, and stress. The author has also added a chapter on rhythm in poetry.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2007]
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ISBN10: 0199215790, ISBN13: 9780199215799, [publisher: Oxford University Press OUP] Softcover pp. 382
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]