Shuxiang You - Prosodic Phonology of the Fuzhou Dialect

Prosodic Phonology of the Fuzhou Dialect: Domains and Rule Application is the first attempt to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the Fuzhou phonological system from the perspective of prosodic phonology.

It addresses the following issues: what prosodic constituents exist in the Fuzhou dialect and what kinds of roles they play in the Fuzhou phonological system; how to define the domain formation of these prosodic constituents in the Fuzhou dialect; what kinds of Fuzhou phonological phenomena make crucial reference to these prosodic constituents as the domain of application; and what implications does the study of the Fuzhou phonological system have for the prosodic phonology theory.

This book is a valuable text for students and scholars in the field of Chinese dialectology, Min dialects, prosodic phonology, and phonology-morphosyntax interface.

Shuxiang You is Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Chinese Linguistics from the University of WisconsinMadison in 2013 and 2017 respectively. His research interests include phonology, phonology-syntax interface, Chinese dialectology, and teaching Chinese as a second language.

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Prosodic Phonology of the Fuzhou Dialect

Domains and Rule Application

Shuxiang You

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Title: Prosodic phonology of the Fuzhou dialect : domains and rule application / Shuxiang You.

Description: New York : Routledge, 2020. | Series: Routledge studies in Chinese linguistics | Includes bibliographical references and index. |

Summary: Prosodic Phonology of the Fuzhou Dialect: Domains and Rule Application is the first attempt to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the Fuzhou phonological system from the perspective of prosodic phonology. It addresses the following issues: What prosodic constituents exist in the Fuzhou dialect and what kinds of roles they play in the Fuzhou phonological system; how to define the domain formation of these prosodic constituents in the Fuzhou dialect; what kinds of Fuzhou phonological phenomena make crucial reference to these prosodic constituents as the domain of application; and what implications does the study of the Fuzhou phonological system have for the prosodic phonology theory. This book is a valuable text for students and scholars in the field of Chinese dialectology, Min dialects, prosodic phonology, and phonology-morphosyntax interface Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019051724 (print) | LCCN 2019051725 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367199487 (hardback) | ISBN 9780429244292 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Chinese languageDialectsChinaFuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng)Phonology. | Northern Min dialectsChinaFuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng)Phonology. | Chinese languagePhonology. | Chinese languageVersification.

Classification: LCC PL1690.F8 Y68 2020 (print) | LCC PL1690.F8 (ebook) | DDC 495.17dc23

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This book is a revised and extended version of my Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the University of WisconsinMadison in 2017. It would not have been possible to give birth to this book without all the guidance, support, and encouragement from many people. Most immediately, I would like to express my greatest gratitude to my Ph.D. advisor, Professor Hongming Zhang, who has given me constant support, guidance, and inspiration over the years. He offered me various opportunities to get professional training in Chinese linguistics, and there would never be any way for me to become a linguist and complete this book without his valuable expertise, insightful suggestions, and devoted encouragement.

I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to my Ph.D. dissertation committee members, Professor Yafei Li, Professor Eric Raimy, Professor William Nienhauser, and Professor Weihua Zhu, for their intellectual help and compassionate support throughout the dissertation project. Many of their constructive comments and invaluable suggestions I received at the defense of my dissertation have been integrated in this book. I am also obliged to Professor Marlys Macken, who retired before my defense. She not only helped me build up my phonological knowledge, but also taught me how to conduct linguistic fieldwork, which serves as the foundation of my dissertation. Since the completion of my dissertation, the contents of some chapters have been presented at several conferences. My gratitude goes to the audiences for their questions and feedback.

I am very much grateful to the Routledge press for granting permission to reproduce material in my paper Enclitics and the clitic group consisting of host + enclitic in the Fuzhou dialect, which was included in the book Prosodic Studies: Challenges and Prospects edited by Professor Hongming Zhang and Professor Youyong Qian in 2019. I am also deeply grateful to John Benjamins Publishing Company for permission to reprint material in my Chinese language paper [Clitics and the clitic group in the Fuzhou dialect], which was published in the