Topics in the Morphology and Phonology of Mandarin Chinese
Description:
This thesis examines some selective cases of morphophonemic alternation in Mandarin Chinese. It presents analyses of the function -of the retroflex suffix -r and describes several conditions for tone sandhi. The suffix -r functions not simply as a noun formative. Some of the suffixed forms have consistently different meanings from the roots on which they are based. The suffix -r also plays a role in poetry as a time-filler to make each line of a poem fulfill the requirements of the strict numbe…
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Date:
August 1990
Creator:
Xu, Shu Hua
Partner:
UNT Libraries