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Hokkien phonological structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Mary W. J. Tay
Mary W. J. Tay
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Language Centre, Nanyang University, Singapore
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This paper attempts to present the abstract phonological system which underlies the sounds produced when a Malayan variety of Engchun Hokkien is spoken.2 It is set within a generative framework and some attempt is made at a formalization of phonological rules.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , March 1970, pp. 81 - 88
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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