Phonetics of Chinese Dialects: An Instrumental Survey

by Wai Sum Lee

This comprehensive study of the phonetic properties of the sounds of Chinese dialects is based on instrumental data on the articulatory, acoustic, and physiological properties of these sounds. It covers a range of topics, including the sound categories of plosives, fricatives, affricates, nasals, approximants, vowels, diphthongs, triphthongs, and tones. The dialects covered are the representative members of the Chinese dialect groups, namely Guanhua...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138650595
• ISBN13: 9781138650596
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages