"This is the first book on tonal change and neutralization. It covers a wide range of tone and pitch-accent languages in Asia, Africa and Europe, with a main focus on Japanese and Chinese dialects many of which are now endangered. In addition to presenting unpublished data, the book provides novel typological analyses of tone and neutralization"--
9783110567502
Tone (Phonetics) Intonation (Phonetics) Japanese language--Dialects--Phonetics. Chinese language--Dialects--Phonetics.