the Cantonese phonetic system is far more complicated than that of Putonghua: “There are nine tones in Cantonese but only four tones in Putonghua” says Poon, “some of the Cantonese tones are ...

Consisting of 20 initial syllables, 53 final syllables and six tones – not to mention its wide use of slang – Cantonese is not an easy language to learn. Despite being a primary language in ...

Chinese is by far the most widely spoken tonal language, though perhaps it should be noted that Chinese itself subdivides into hundreds of local languages and dialects, not all of which (e.g.

2022. Alderete, John, Queenie Chan, and Shin-ichi Tanaka. The morphology of Cantonese “change tone”: Extensions and limitations. Gengo Kenkyu 161: 139-169. Data supplement: OTWorkPlace files. Summary: ...