Applied Linguistics (Yuyan Wenzi Yingyong)

No. 4 , Pages 45 - 52 , 2006

Distributions of Si-sheng (四聲) and Analysis of their Exceptions in Putonghua (Article written in Chinese)

CHU Taisong & JIANG Wen

Abstract
The tone type of 416 syllables is variable from one to four in Putonghua. From the perspective of phonological historical change, the distributions of tone types have many exceptions and the reason causing the exceptions is very complicated.

Keywords:	`Putonghua syllable; tone type; phonological rule`

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