Disyllabic Tone Sandhi of Goulou Cluster,Yue Group
Hou Xingqua · Dialect · 2011
Previous studies and our investigation show that tone sandhi is pervasive in Goulou cluster,Yue Group.The disyllabic tone sandhi usually lies in the former syllable except when it's a middle level,middle falling,low level or low falling tone.The main tone sandhi rules are as follows:yinping,yinshang,yinqu and yinru tones often change into a middle level or middle falling tone while yangping,yangshang,yangqu and yangru tones always change into a low level or low falling tone.The tone sandhi of Goulou cluster is related to the prosody model,and usually lies in the unstressed syllable rather than the stress one.