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De-stress in Mandarin: clitics, cliticoids and phonetic chunks

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  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378009%3A_____%2F17%3A00476412" target="_blank" >RIV/68378009:_____/17:00476412 - isvavai.cz</a>

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Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    De-stress in Mandarin: clitics, cliticoids and phonetic chunks

  • Original language description

    The paper is concerned with high-frequency items of the Chinese lexicon: tonal monosyllabic function words such as prepositions (e.g. gěi 给 “to”), classifiers (e.g. tiáo 条), personal pronouns (e.g. wǒ 我 “I”), modal verbs, conjunctions etc. They carry lexical tone, thus have a potential to be stressed. Yet, due to their deficiency in lexical meaning, they regularly become unstressed (and phonetically reduced) in connected speech, namely in colloquial putonghua. They receive stress (i.e. full pronunciation) only if carrying emphasis or if uttered in isolation. A new term is coined for this rather coherent group: “the cliticoids”. The author observes that the Chinese cliticoids display similar features as Words with weak forms found in English (such as articles, personal pronouns, prepositions, etc.). The paper begins with explaining phonetic cues of Chinese stress and non-stress, discussing the relationship between stress and tone. The category of Chinese cliticoids is introduced next. Their list is provided, the pitfalls of their pronunciation in connected speech are pointed out. A similar group – English words with weak forms – is introduced then. Finally, the concept of “phonetic chunks” (short 2-3 syllabic chunks of speech which contain the cliticoids) is introduced. Phonetic chunks draw on the concept of formulaic language. They are particularly designed for exercising the unstressed, reduced pronunciation of the cliticoids.

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Classification

  • Type

    C - Chapter in a specialist book

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    60202 - Specific languages

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  • Project

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2017

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Book/collection name

    Key Issues in Chinese as a Second Language Research

  • ISBN

    978-1-138-96052-7

  • Number of pages of the result

    28

  • Pages from-to

    29-56

  • Number of pages of the book

    301

  • Publisher name

    Routledge

  • Place of publication

    New York, London

  • UT code for WoS chapter

    000437403400003