Reference

Kirby, J., Alves, M. (2022). Exploring Statistical Regularities in the Syllable Canon of Sino-Vietnamese Loanmorph Phonology. In Phan, T., Phan, J., Alves, M. (eds.), Vietnamese Linguistics: State of the Field (pp. 104-126). University of Hawai'i Press.

BibTeX

@incollection{kirbyExploringStatisticalRegularities2022a,
  title = {Exploring Statistical Regularities in the Syllable Canon of {{Sino-Vietnamese}} Loanmorph Phonology},
  booktitle = {Vietnamese {{Linguistics}}: {{State}} of the {{Field}}},
  author = {Kirby, James and Alves, Mark},
  editor = {Phan, Trang and Phan, John and Alves, Mark},
  year = {2022},
  series = {{{JSEALS Special Publication}}},
  number = {9},
  pages = {104--126},
  publisher = {University of Hawai'i Press},
  abstract = {We consider the question of whether phonotactic criteria can be used to identify a Vietnamese syllable as being Sinitic in origin, focusing on the layer of Sino-Vietnamese (từ H{\'a}n Việt) borrowings. We first assembled a corpus of 8,148 phonologically unique Vietnamese syllables, of which 1,939 are Sino-Vietnamese (i.e., have a Chinese character reading stemming to Late Middle Chinese). We then applied statistical and computational methods to identify phonotactic patterns of both native and Sino-Vietnamese syllables and considered them in their historical phonological context. We find that while there are features that are reliable indicators of native forms, the Sino-Vietnamese stratum has been largely nativized, with little to distinguish it phonotactically from native syllables. Our findings reflect the tight integration of Sino-Vietnamese borrowings into the modern Vietnamese lexicon and phonological system over many centuries.},
  copyright = {All rights reserved},
  langid = {english},
  file = {/Users/felicitas/Zotero/storage/XSVJKEQV/kirby2022exploring.pdf}
}