Diachronic study on the formative mechanism of tone sandhi in Chinese dialects

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370467
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: Iwata Ray 金沢大学, 歴史言語文化学系, 教授 (10142358)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SHI Rujie 熊本学園大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (50278149)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 中国語 / 声調 / Tone sandhi / 類型 / 調値 / 調値体系 / 方言地図

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed at exploring the mechanism of diachronic change of tone sandhi in Chinese dialects. Specifically, we exhaustively collected relevant materials, and through analyses we typologized Chinese tone sandhi. The proposed typology was depicted by means of linguistic map, and the process and the cause of changes were estimated based on the observaion of geographical distribution with reference to the synchronic analysis of the data. The fruits of these works were presented in some international conferences. As a model of microscopic investigation, we also proceeded the joint research with Chinese scholars. Focusing on the area of northern Jiangsu, we typologized the tone values systems, thereby speculating the interaction of tone values and tone sandhi from a diachronic perspective.

Free Research Field

中国語学