How dipping-tones evolve: a case study of Jin Chinese
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https://doi.org/10.36505/TheLinguisticProceedings/2025/17/02/023/000709Keywords:
Jìn Chinese, dipping tones, multi-dipping-tone system, tonal evolutionAbstract
This paper, includes a sample of 22 cases of Lǚliáng Jìn Chinese dialects, reveals that there are five types of dipping tones in Lǚliáng. Thirteen cases exhibit a three-dippingtone contrast, while nine cases demonstrate a two-dipping-tone contrast. The most common dipping-tone contrastive pattern is “low-dipping vs. back-dipping vs. mid-short low-dipping”. The two long dipping tones, T1a and T2, are neutralizing into one dipping tone, forming the two-dipping-tone contrast. The T4bs are lengthening from mid-short to long and raising the tonal head from low-dipping to back-dipping tone.References
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