Prosodic Phonology of the Fuzhou Dialect

Shuxiang You is Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Chinese Linguistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013 and 2017 respectively. His research interests include phonology, phonology-syntax interface, Chinese dialectology, and teaching Chinese as a second language.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviations1 Introduction1.1 Statement of purpose1.2 Research data 1.2.1 Published materials on the Fuzhou dialect1.2.2 Data collection1.3 Descriptive background on Fuzhou phonology1.3.1 Tones in the Fuzhou dialect1.3.2 Finals in the Fuzhou dialect1.3.3 Initials in the Fuzhou dialect1.3.4 Structure of Fuzhou syllables1.3.5 Phonological rules in the Fuzhou dialect1.3.6 Summary1.4 Theoretical background: the prosodic phonology theory1.4.1 The development of the prosodic phonology theory1.4.2 Basic tenets of the prosodic phonology theory1.4.3 Outstanding issues in the prosodic phonology theory1.5 Research structure and organization2 Syllable and foot in the Fuzhou dialect2.1 Syllable: the domain of FA in the Fuzhou dialect2.2 Foot as a domain of rule application in Fuzhou: a good choice or not?2.2.1 Introduction: the foot as a prosodic domain across languages2.2.2 Previous studies on the foot in the Fuzhou dialect2.2.3 Additional arguments against the foot as a domain of rule application in the Fuzhou dialect2.2.4 Summary 2.3 Summary3 Prosodic word: domain of lexical-level rule application in the Fuzhou dialect3.1 Introduction3.1.1 Definition of the prosodic word and its domain formation3.1.2 The prosodic word as a prosodic domain across languages3.2 Morphosyntactic word formation in the Fuzhou dialect3.2.1 Monomorphemic words 3.2.2 Derived words 3.2.3 Compounds3.2.4 Reduplication: "diminutive" nouns3.2.5 Reduplication: sound-splitting words3.2.6 Reduplication: reduplicated adjectives3.2.7 Summary3.3 Fuzhou morphosyntactic words and lexical-level phonological rule application3.3.1 Application of TS in Fuzhou morphosyntactic words3.3.2 Application of MTS in Fuzhou morphosyntactic words 3.3.3 Application of FC in Fuzhou morphosyntactic words 3.3.4 Application of CL in Fuzhou morphosyntactic words 3.3.5 Summary3.4 Lexical-level phonological rule application and the prosodic word domain in the Fuzhou dialect4 Enclitics and Type A clitic group in the Fuzhou dialect 4.1 Introduction4.1.1 Definition of clitics and common properties of clitics4.1.2 Definition of the clitic group and evidence for the clitic group domain across languages4.2 Enclitics in the Fuzhou dialect and their morphosyntactic functions4.2.1 Possessive/modificational/nominalization marker 其 [ki0]4.2.2 Adjective reduplication markers 势 [siɛ213], 式 [seiʔ23], and 喏 [luoʔ23]4.2.3 Aspect markers4.2.4 Post-verbal particles4.2.5 Locative marker □□ [lɛ0]4.2.6 Recursive clitic group with enclitics4.2.7 Summary4.3 Phonological phenomena within Type A clitic group in the Fuzhou dialect4.3.1 TS within Type A clitic group 4.3.2 FC within Type A clitic group 4.3.3 CL within Type A clitic group 4.3.4 Summary4.4 Violation of SLH within Type A clitic group 4.5 Summary5 Phonological phrase: domain of phrasal-level rule application in the Fuzhou dialect5.1 Application of TS at the phrasal level5.1.1 The nature of the problem5.1.2 Previous analyses5.1.3 Which is a better solution: RBA or EBA? 5.1.4 An alternative approach to phonological phrasing in the Fuzhou dialect5.1.5 Summary5.2 Application of FC at the phrasal level5.3 Application of CL at the phrasal level5.4 Summary6 Proclitics and Type B clitic group in the Fuzhou dialect6.1 Proclitics in the Fuzhou dialect and their morphosyntactic functions6.1.1 Progressive aspect marker □□ [lɛ31]6.1.2 Auxiliary verbs 是 [sei242] and 有 [ʔou242]6.1.3 Prepositions 将 [tsuoŋ44] and 跟 [kyŋ44]6.1.4 Recursive clitic group with proclitics6.1.5 Summary6.2 Phonological phenomena within Type B clitic group in the Fuzhou dialect6.2.1 TS within Type B clitic group 6.2.2 FC within Type B clitic group 6.2.3 CL within Type B clitic group 6.2.4 Summary and discussion6.3 Violation of SLH within Type B clitic group6.4 Summary7 Intonational phrase in Fuzhou: variability in domain formation and rule application7.1 Definition and restructuring of the intonational phrase in the Fuzhou dialect7.1.1 Definition of the intonational phrase in the Fuzhou dialect7.1.2 Restructuring of the intonational phrase in the Fuzhou dialect7.1.3 Summary7.2 Rule application within the intonational phrase in the Fuzhou dialect7.2.1 Introduction: variability in ι-domain rule application across languages7.2.2 Blocking of phonological rules across ι boundaries in the Fuzhou dialect7.2.3 Optional rule application within intonational phrase in the Fuzhou dialect7.2.4 Summary7.3 Summary8 Concluding remarks8.1 Prosodic domains and rule application in the Fuzhou dialect8.2 Theoretical issues regarding prosodic phonology8.3 Future researchReferencesIndex