This article synthesizes a review of the literature on tone sandhi in Chinese and Tai languages. From the synthesis of results from a compilation of linguistic research studies, it was found that the tone sandhi in Chinese and Tai languages... ​​is divided into two types: left-dominant and right-dominant with clearly different patterns of tone sandhi. The tone sandhi in the left-dominant is related with the extension of the tonal to the right. The tone sandhi in the right-dominant has to do

The objectives of this thesis were to study the tonal systems and tone sandhi patterns of Swatow Chinese dialects in five regions of Thailand. The data were collected from five regions: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Chon Buri, and Nakhon Ratchasima... in Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima; 2) mid falling rising tone can occur in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Nakhon Ratchasima. Nakhon Ratchasima Swatow dialect’s tone system and tone sandhi pattern was the most similar to that of the Bangkok Swatow dialect because

equation to analyze tones (Andruski & Costello, 2004). In addition, the findings reflected gender variation of S. Pa-O tones and tendency of tone sandhi in progress in N. Pa-O....This research aims to study citation tones and tonal coarticulation in Northern Pa-O (N. Pa-O) and Southern Pa-O (S. Pa-O) continuous speech. The data was collected from 20 speakers (10 speakers from each dialect). The test words for citation tones

The phenomenon of third tone (T3) sandhi in Mandarin Chinese has long been noticed: underlying full T3s may be modified under the influence of their tonal phonetic environment. By discussing in detail from the perspectives of perception, historical... of Chinese tone sandhi-that all of it has originated because of historical change of tones by showing that T3 sandhi is a special phenomenon that distinguishes itself from other sandhi. Also, the conclusion has pedagogical implications which can help language

The objectives of this research are to compare tonal realizations in Yong in citation form and connected speech and between 2 age-groups as well as to prove whether there is tone sandhi in Yong as proposed by Ruengdet Pankhuenkhat (1978). Six female... that the Lamphun variety of Northern Thai is exerting influence on Lamphun Yong. Tone sandhi in two syllabic words is found only when the second syllable is tone 2 and the first is tone 3. Tonal variation found in this research shows that Lamphun Yong is different

assimilations are progressive, while suprasegmental assimilations or tone sandhi are regressive. Two types of tone sandhi are observed as follows: assimilative tone sandhi and positional variant tone sandhi. Assimilative tone sandhi is regressive. In two...-syllable compounding, the 49 possible or potential combinations of citation tones are reduced to 40 combinations of sandhi tones. The missing nine combinations result from tonal neutralization. In three-syllable compounding, there are cases in which

, acoustic phonetics, and phonological analyses. The investigation focuses on syllable structures, onsets, vowels, rimes, and especially the tone system. Furthermore, the phenomenon of tone sandhi is analyzed. A comparison between Hakka tones as spoken... single vowels / i, e, ɨ, a, o, u / and 66 rimes. The syllable structures include three types on open syllables and six types on closed syllables. Tone sandhi, that is, the phenomenon of conditioned change in tone contours in certain tonal environments