Some Theoretical Issues in the Study of Mandarin Dialects
北方方言的理论问题
Pang-Hsin Ting 丁邦新

Abstract 摘要

1. Introduction

2. The Issue of Dialect Subgrouping

3. The Development of Initials
3.1 The Development of Voiced Obstruents
3.1.1 The Realization of MC Voiced Obstruents as Voiceless Aspirated Series in All Tone Categories
3.1.2 The Realization of Voiced Obstruents as Voiceless Unaspirated Initials
3.1.3 The Realization of MC Voiced Obstruents as Voiceless Aspirated Series in Tone I and as Voiceless Unaspirated Initials in Other Tones
3.2 The Palatalization Juan Series and Jung Series and its Related Issues
3.2.1 The Chronology of Appearance of Palatalized Initials
3.2.2 The Phenomena in Mandarin Related to Palatalized Initials
3.3 The Development of Other Initials

4. The Merger, Loss and Genesis of Codas
4.1. The Merger of Nasal Codas
4.2. The Loss of Nasal Codas
4.3. The Emergence of Nasal Codas

5. The Split and Merger of Tones and the Reconstruction of Tone Values

6. Closing Remarks