The Mid Level Tone in Xiamen: H-Registered or L-Registered?
厦门话的中平调：高调域或低调域？
Hui-chuan Hsu 许慧娟

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This paper re-examines the so-called dual nature of the mid level tone in Xiamen (Bao 1999). Based on tone distribution in (a) rhyming syllables in folk opera, (b) Mainstream Taiwanese naming, (c) adjective triplication, and (d) ABB adjectives, it is concluded that the tone in question is consistently low-registered in both underlying and derived environments. Moreover, in addition to listing six register possibilities the mid level tone allows, this paper also lays out Fuzhou tonal phenomena which pose a challenge to Bao’s theory.

本文藉由歌仔册韵脚用调、台湾话优势音命名、形容词三迭、以及ABB形容词重新审视厦门话中平调的调域。发现该声调不管在底层或是衍生的环境，表现都归属低调域，未若Bao (1999)宣称具有双重特质。此外，本文除了胪列Bao可以容纳的六种中平调调域归属，也将一并介绍福州方言对理论形成的挑战。

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Xiamen dialect 厦门话 Mid-level tone 中平调 Register 调域 Folk opera 歌仔册 Mainstream Taiwanese 台湾话优势音 Naming 命名 Adjective triplication 形容词三叠 ABB adjectives ABB形容词

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