The Phonology of Standard Chinese

by San Duanmu

This is the first comprehensive account of and introduction to Chinese phonology. It covers several areas that were previously thought to be either absent in Chinese, or not phonological issues, e.g. stress, the definition of the word, the word length problem, and the word order problem. It
also offers new analyses of several traditional topics, such as the phonemic inventory, allophonic variation, syllable structure, the [r] suffix, tone, and Tone 3 Sandhi. Unnecessary jargon is avoided and relevant theories are introduced in a non-technical way, so that the contents are accessible to
a broad audience.

Genres: Linguistics

324 pages, Paperback

First published January 18, 2001

Reviews

[Karen Chung]

A bit of professional reading in my field - I don't agree with everything he says but I appreciate Duanmu's clear, reasoned and straightforward argumentation.