TY  - JOUR
SN  - 1012-4195
T1  - The Various Strata of Lax Finals of the Zhouning Dialect in Mindong and Their Evolution
AU  - Ligang Dai
Y1  - 2007/09/01
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2007/09/01
T2  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JF  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JO  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JA  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
VL  - 78
IS  - 3
SP  - 603
EP  - 628
KW  - Zhouning dialect, lax finals, strata, tones
Y2  - 2007/09/01
N2  - In this paper, we analyze the phonology of the Zhouning dialect. Firstly, we found that there are several strata of lax finals in this dialect as in the Fuzhou dialect. Then, based on our new findings, we discuss the relation between the lax finals and their tones. Our findings suggest that the lax finals and their tones are not related, but rather solely constitute a natural tonal variation.
ER  -