TY  - JOUR
SN  - 1012-4195
AU  - Ligang Dai
TI  - The Various Strata of Lax Finals of the Zhouning Dialect in Mindong and Their Evolution
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
PY  - 2007
AB  - 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.
Y1  - 2007/09/01
ER  -