On some aspects of the semantics and tonal behavior of Taiwanese lái
台湾话“来”的语义及声调行为探讨
Shuang-fu Lin 林双福

Abstract 摘要
In this paper the semantic distributions and tonal behaviors of four types of lái ‘come’ in Taiwanese are explored. From our discussion we conclude that some types of lái cannot be fully understood without making reference to their underlying structures, and that surface structure is sometimes insufficient for determining the tonal shape of a syllable in an utterance.