De-stressed words in Mandarin: Drawing parallel with English

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
De-stressed words in Mandarin: Drawing parallel with English
Original language description
In colloquial Standard Mandarin, monosyllabic tonal function words (such as classifiers, prepositions, personal pronouns, etc.), are regularly pronounced as unstressed and phonetically reduced, unless emphasized. Their unstressed forms play an important role in speech rhythm. The study investigates this group of words. The general issue of stress in Mandarin Chinese is addressed first, arguing that in Chinese de-stress might be an essential notion instead of stress. English words with weak forms (articles, prepositions, etc.) are then introduced. A similar group of Chinese words is established, a new term the cliticoids is coined for them. The strong resemblance between both groups is pointed out. Finally, pedagogical implications of the findings are proposed: the proper handling of the cliticoids may help learners to improve their oral performance.
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
Integrating Chinese Linguistic Research and Language Teaching and Learning
ISBN
9789027201874
Number of pages of the result
24
Pages from-to
121-144
Number of pages of the book
238
Publisher name
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Place of publication
Amsterdam / Philadelphia
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