Hokkien phonological structure

M. Tay

DOI:10.1017/S0022226700002371
Corpus ID: 145243105

Hokkien phonological structure

@article{Tay1970HokkienPS,
  title={Hokkien phonological structure},
  author={Mary W. J. Tay},
  journal={Journal of Linguistics},
  year={1970},
  volume={6},
  pages={81 - 88}
}

M. Tay
Published 1 March 1970
Linguistics
Journal of Linguistics

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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