Three Puzzles of the Dominant Yinping Tone in Mandarin Onomatopoeias
Yinping tone is dominant in Mandarin onomatopoeias and there are three puzzles behind it: (a) Does this tonal distribution pattern exist since ancient or is it caused by diachronic evolution? (b) If this tonal distribution is caused by diachronic evolution, then what is the process of the diachron...
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| Language: | English |
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The Learned Press
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Macrolinguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.macrolinguistics.com/index.php?c=msg&id=738& |