Modeling Mandarin rhotacization with Recursive Schemes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22159154 |
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| Authors | Ziling Zhu (0000-0002-6601-1648, Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5510 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2473-8689 • E-ISSN: 2473-8689 |
| Publisher | Linguistic Society of America (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3765/plsa.v8i1.5510 |
| OpenAlex | W4367186894 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper pursues a novel analysis of Mandarin rhotacization using Sonority Scale and characterizes this phonological process computationally with BOOLEAN MONADIC RECURSIVE SCHEMES (BMRSs, Chandlee & Jardine 2021). Mandarin rhotacization shows an asymmetry between high front vowels (i.e. [i, y] and high back vowels [u] vowels. Diverging from previous phonetics-based accounts to explain this asymmetry (Chao 1968; Duanmu 2007; a. o.), I propose that adjacent segments compete in terms of sonority in order to surface and present a refined, detailed sonority ranking in Mandarin. Finally, the if...then...else syntax in BMRSs elegantly formalizes the sonority competition between segments
Grammar · Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Natural language processing · Sonority hierarchy · Speech recognition · Syntax · Vowel · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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