new books phonology wang jialing norval smith editors studies chinese phonology 1997 23 x 15 5 cm 295 pages cloth dm 168 approx us 120 00 isbn 311 013953 7 linguistic models 20 mouton de gruyter berlin new york volume contains papers covering various aspects segmental structure well tone sandhi neutral tone tonological area analyses based recent phonological theories autosegmental theory lexical phonology feature geometry underspecification theory prosodic phonology introduction provides background knowledge synchronic diachronic aspects chinese phonology contributions present analyses dialects including four major dialect families chinese mandarin beijing tianjin yue cantonese min fuzhou wu shanghai chongming besides essential scholars students chinese phonology book also found useful phonologists linguists general well sinologists fields contents wang jialing norval smith introduction matthew chen hongming zhang lexical postlexical tone sandhi chongming stuart milliken zhang guang ping zhang xue yi li zhi qui lu ying resolving paradox tianjin tone sandhi chilin shih mandarin third tone sandhi prosodic structure jin shunde toward systematic account shanghai tonal phonology wang jialing representation neutral tone chinese putonghua edwin g pulleyblank cantonese vowel system historical perspective richard wiese underspecification description chinese vowels moira yip consonant vowel interaction cantonese marjorie k chan fuzhou glottal stop floating segment correlation close contact list authors editors robert bauer paul k benedict modern cantonese phonology 1997 23 x 15 5 cm xlviii 559 pages cloth dm 158 approx us 113 00 isbn 311 014893 5 trends linguistics studies monographs 102 mouton de gruyter berlin new york economic boom southeast china given region language unprecedented importance although cantonese become increasingly important language world stage development spurred major publications cantonese phonology volume presents analysis modern cantonese describes consonants vowels tones contemporary language examines structure cantonese syllable types changes occur syllables strung together words phrases descriptive phonology based particular linguistic theory written clear concise language comprehensive account cantonese phonology appropriate beginning student cantonese cantonese nativespeaker teacher english cantonese speaking students professional linguist layman curious one southeast asia major languages _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ mouton de gruyter walter de gruyter inc postfach 30 34 21 200 saw mill river road d10728 berlin hawthorne ny 10532 germany usa fax 49 0 30 26005351 fax 1 914 7471326 email 100064 2307 compuserve com publications de gruyter also ordered via world wide web http www degruyter de