英文摘要 |
Fukienese-Southern Min in particular-is well known for its intricate tone sandhi, in addition to the abundance of its musical accents commonly called 'tones'. What is referred to by this 'tone' is the syllabic intonation found in each syllable which in most cases happens to be a morpheme or word in any variety of the Chinese language. The pitch contour of these syllabic intonations which constitutes the major phonological features of tonemes and which is reported in any description on the Chinese language, is normally the one we find in a syllable (=morpheme or word) pronounced 'separately' or 'in isolation'-the one traditionally called 'original' in contrast to the modified or 'changed.' |