The Paradox of Hakka Tone Sandhi

Matthew Y. Chen; Lian Hee Wee; Xiuhong Yan

The Paradox of Hakka Tone Sandhi

Matthew Y. Chen, Lian Hee Wee, Xiuhong Yan

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The Hakka dialect of Changting, China, exhibits extraordinarily intricate tone sandhi phenomena that present a formidable analytical challenge for any theoretical model. The problem is not unlike what one encounters in rudimentary arithmetic. The value of 2 + 3 x 4 depends on whether addition or multiplication comes first:

2 + (3 x 4) = 14
(2 + 3) x 4 = 20

The ultimate outcome is determined by the orderly combination of the elementary operations. Likewise, given a tonal sequence/ABC/, the phonetic form is predictable from the elementary sandhi rules that operate on either AB, then BC, or vice versa. In this paper we offer a fair sample of the empirical facts instantiating this "directionality" effect (to use an orthographic metaphor), and investigate the various logistic moves both Optimality Theory and conventional rule-based derivational model could make to render an account of the attested facts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interfaces in Chinese phonology: Festschrift in honor of Matthew Y. Chen on his 70th birthday = 漢語音韻介面: 陳淵泉先生七秩壽慶論文集
Editors	Yuchau E. Hsiao, Hui Chuan Hsu, Lian Hee Wee, Dah An Ho
Publisher	中央硏究院語言學硏究所
Pages	1-45
Number of pages	45
ISBN (Print)	9789860150216
Publication status	Published - 28 Dec 2008

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Name	語言暨語言學
Publisher	中央硏究院語言學硏究所

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Chen, Matthew Y. ; Wee, Lian Hee ; Yan, Xiuhong. / The Paradox of Hakka Tone Sandhi. Interfaces in Chinese phonology: Festschrift in honor of Matthew Y. Chen on his 70th birthday = 漢語音韻介面: 陳淵泉先生七秩壽慶論文集. editor / Yuchau E. Hsiao ; Hui Chuan Hsu ; Lian Hee Wee ; Dah An Ho. 中央硏究院語言學硏究所, 2008. pp. 1-45 (語言暨語言學).

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The Paradox of Hakka Tone Sandhi. / Chen, Matthew Y.; Wee, Lian Hee; Yan, Xiuhong.
Interfaces in Chinese phonology: Festschrift in honor of Matthew Y. Chen on his 70th birthday = 漢語音韻介面: 陳淵泉先生七秩壽慶論文集. ed. / Yuchau E. Hsiao; Hui Chuan Hsu; Lian Hee Wee; Dah An Ho. 中央硏究院語言學硏究所, 2008. p. 1-45 (語言暨語言學).

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