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Peer reviewedHung, Tony T. N. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1990
Discusses Tone sandhi, the tone changes undergone by tone-bearing syllables in juxtaposition, in several Chinese dialects. The tone group is examined as a syntatico-semantic unit in Fuzhou and Mandarin and as a syntactic boundary-marker in Shanghai and Xiamen. The theoretical and pedagogical implications are discussed. (20 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Chinese, Dialects, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
