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Download full textEatough, Andy – 1996
One dialect of Yi spoken in Meigu County in the southern part of China's Sichuan Province is analyzed for its tone patterns, based on data provided by a bilingual native speaker. Consonant and vowel inventories are provided. Three contrastive tones are found. One has three allophones, which are conditioned by the preceding tone. Tonal allophony is…
Descriptors: Chinese, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Research
Ngan, Yuen-Wan; Kong, Wai-ping – 1999
A study investigated the role of audience awareness in translation of lexical items, specifically as it may affect translation from English to Chinese. The audiences, or readership, in this case is defined as readers from three different regions in which Chinese is used predominantly: Hong Kong; mainland China; and Taiwan. The varieties of Chinese…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, English
