Cue reweighting in Shanghainese sandhi patterns
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2022/13/0049/000591Keywords:
tonogenesis, cue weighting, sound change, sandhi pattern, ShanghaineseAbstract
The role of cue reweighting in reshaping tone sandhi patterns has rarely been discussed. The prevailing view is that, in Shanghainese disyllabic prosodic words, F0 distinctions between lexical tones are neutralised in the second syllable, while voice onset time (VOT) and closure duration function as the primary cues maintaining the voicing/register contrast. However, this study argues that a cue reweighting process is currently reshaping Shanghainese sandhi patterns: F0 is beginning to replace VOT and closure duration as the primary cue for voicing/register contrast in the second syllable position. This gradual acquisition of primary cue status by F0 in sandhi tones closely resembles processes of tone split observed in initial positions in other languages.
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