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Author Lin, Yen-Hwei.

Title The sounds of Chinese / Yen-Hwei Lin
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007

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 MELB  495.115 Lin/Soc  AVAILABLE
 MELB  495.115 Lin/Soc  AVAILABLE
Description xiv, 316 pages ; 25 cm + 1 CD
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Consonants -- 3. Vowels and glides -- 4. Tone -- 5. Syllable structure -- 6. Phonetic transcription and pinyin -- 7. Segmental processes I -- 8. Segmental processes II -- 9. Tonal processes -- 10. Stress and intonation -- 11. Loanword adaptation -- 12. Variation in SC -- App. A. The International Phonetic Alphabet -- App. B. Tables for SC syllables: pinyin spelling and phonetic transcriptions -- App. C. Internet resources
Notes Includes sound disc
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-301) and index
Subject Chinese language -- Phonetics.
Chinese language -- Phonology.
Chinese language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
Genre/Form Textbooks.
LC no. 2007006788
ISBN 9780521603980 paperback alkaline paper
0521603986 paperback alkaline paper