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- Title
The Yue Sub-Dialect Yayao: The Process of and Phonetic Motivation for the Loss of Its Bilabial Obstruent Initials.
- Authors
Peng Hsin-yi
- Abstract
Yayao ..., a sub-dialect of Yue ..., is distinguished from the other languages of the world by its complete lack of bilabial obstruent initials. This article discusses the process by which Yayao has lost its bilabial obstruent initials and the phonetic motivation for this. The aspirated feature of obstruent initials in Yayao can be viewed as having friction strong enough to ignite a series of phonetic changes that culminate in the loss of bilabial obstruent initials (p-, p‘-), dental obstruent initials (t-, t‘-) and velar obstruent initial (k‘-).
- Subjects
CANTONESE dialects; CHINESE language; BILABIAL consonants; OBSTRUENTS (Phonetics); INITIALS; LINGUISTIC change; ASPIRATION (Phonetics); PHONETICS
- Publication
Chinese Studies / Hanxue Yanjiu, 2014, Vol 32, Issue 3, p227
- ISSN
0254-4466
- Publication type
Article