Vowels Variation of Interrogative ‘Which’ in Northern and Central Tai

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10.2991/assehr.k.220131.015How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Vowels variation; Tai interrogative “which”; Geographical distribution

Abstract

This paper investigates the vowels of interrogative “which” in more than 20 dialects in contemporary Tai, and analyses the geographical distribution patterns. The related phonological variation chains of Kam-Tai languages and other languages families provide some clues that the vowels of “which” in Northern and Central Tai dialects are partly consistent. Internal factors play the major role on the vowel variation of ‘which’, while the influence of language contact cannot be excluded. To some extent, the vowel variation patterns of this interrogative confirm the diachronic reconstruction, and reflect the relationship between space and time (synchronic and diachronic).

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yingzhu Chen
AU  - Yan Zhang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/01
TI  - Vowels Variation of Interrogative ‘Which’ in Northern and Central Tai
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 79
EP  - 82
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220131.015
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220131.015
ID  - Chen2022
ER  -