An analysis of some tonally differentiated doublets in White Hmong (Miao)
This paper is designed to reveal in outline a number of the important synchronic and diachronic processes which are responsible for the high number of tonally differentiated doublets in the White Hmong (Miao) dialect of the West, or Sichuan-Guizhou-Yunnan branch of Hmong, the Hmong-Mien (Miao-Yao) f...
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| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178888 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | This paper is designed to reveal in outline a number of the important synchronic and diachronic processes which are responsible for the high number of tonally differentiated doublets in the White Hmong (Miao) dialect of the West, or Sichuan-Guizhou-Yunnan branch of Hmong, the Hmong-Mien (Miao-Yao) family. It incorporates and builds on the excellent paper by G.B. Downer, "Tone-Change and Tone-Shift in White Miao" (1967). |
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