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Mandarin phonological structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Robert L. Cheng
Robert L. Cheng
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Department of Asian and Pacific Languages, University of Hawaii, Honolulu
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This paper attempts to present the Mandarin phonological system after the generative fashion.1 We find it convenient to treat this part of the grammar in two components: namely, a syllable grammar and morphophonemics. The former attempts to designate the structure of the basic syllables independently of the syntactic component of the grammar. It consists of a set of P-rules to generate strings of phonemes for the basic syllables. The latter operates on sequences of these syllables with intrasyllabic information designated by the syllable grammar, and with category and intersyllabic information which can be given by the syntactic component. It consists of T-rules and gives a phonetic representation of sentences as its output.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , October 1966 , pp. 135 - 158
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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