Palatalization and retroflection in early modern Chinese
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22159253 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chun'an Chen (Hess (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 6049 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-24 |
| 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.v11i1.6049 |
| OpenAlex | W7155598849 |
| Language | EN |
This paper challenges the traditional Chinese phonologist beliefs and argues that palatalization and retroflection in Early Modern Chinese are two phases of a push-chain sound change instead of two separate events; they are not necessarily conditioned; and they are still happening in Northern Mandarin speaking area today
Happening · Mandarin Chinese · Chinese history and philosophy · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research
| Highly cited | No |
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