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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Study on the Interactive Relationships Between the Formation of Three-Syllable Abbreviations and the Prosody
Most Chinese abbreviations consist of two syllables, but in certain cases, they are composed of three syllables in the form of super-prosody. On the basis of how to make up three-syllable abbreviations, this p...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
On the Interaction Between the Structure and the Prosody of Chinese 1 + 3 Idioms
Most four-syllable Chinese idioms are in the structure of first two syllables sharing inter-relationship and the other two syllables sharing idiomatic structural interaction (thereafter, 2 + 2 structure), whil...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Structural and Prosodic Analysis of Trisyllabic New Words
The majority of Chinese new words are trisyllabic, which violates the disyllabic norm of Chinese vocabulary. This paper explores reasons underlying this phenomenon by studying the structure and prosody of the ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Three Registers behind two Characters: an Analysis of the Words’ Formation and their Registers
Three Registers behind two characters, or Two-Character-Three-Register, is a special phenomenon in Chinese word formation, which mainly means that on the premise that a dissyllabic verb consists of two monosyl...