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Weakening of the Word ‘One’ 蜀 in Eastern Mǐn Dialects

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Whether with regard to the isolated pronunciation of the word ‘one’ 蜀 or its pronunciation in the construction of ‘蜀 + classifier’ in eastern Mǐn dialects, a regular phonetic correspondence is not necessarily formed between the dialects. This is because of a number of exceptional weakening phonological changes, such as shortening or lowering of tone, iambic stress structure, palatalization of initial consonants, deletion of medials, reduction of markedness of vowels, and deletion of nuclei.

Source: Bulletin of the Chinese Linguistic Society of Japan

DOI: 10.7131/chuugokugogaku.2025.272_48

Author: Hiroyuki Akitani

Institution: Ehime University

Language: English

Topic: Linguistic Variation and Morphology

Subfield: Linguistics and Language

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4415896293

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