Title: On the structure of vertical bar ui vertical bar and vertical bar ui vertical bar in Sixian Hakka
Authors: Hsu, HC
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National Chiao Tung University
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2004
Abstract: This paper examines the structure of /iu/ and /ui/ in Sixian Hakka by means of phonological processes, syllable contraction, co-occurrence restrictions, rhyming patterns, and phonetic measurement. Excerpt co-occurrence restrictions, which fail to reflect the compositional structure of the two diphthongs under investigation, all other linguistic evidence shows that /iu/ is a falling diphthong, and /ui/ is a rising diphthong. The result has two theoretical implications. One indicates that the X-theory (Levin 1985) together with a language-specific sonority hierarchy pinpoints the syllable structure of Sixian Hakka. The other reveals that Kiparsky's (1979) sonority scale of a > c > o > i > u holds true in Sixian Hakka.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11536/26842
ISSN: 0091-3723
Journal: JOURNAL OF CHINESE LINGUISTICS
Volume: 32
Issue: 1
Begin Page: 129
End Page: 156
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