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

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60202 - Specific languages

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Key Issues in Chinese as a Second Language Research

ISBN

978-1-138-96052-7

Počet stran výsledku

28

Strana od-do

29-56

Počet stran knihy

301

Název nakladatele

Routledge

Místo vydání

New York, London

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

000437403400003