Some phonological types of the diminutive tone sandhi can be found in Bobai Hakka dialect in Guangxi province.Two major types of diminutive tone sandhi emerged from our investigation,one involving the tone sandhi of the stem and the other involving the tone sandhi of the-er(儿)suffix.The tone sandhi of the stem has emerged as a compensation for the fusion of the-zi(子)suffix with the stem,whereas the tone sandhi of the-er(儿)suffix is from the Cantonese dialects.
关键词
博白客家话/小称变调/语言接触/借用/转用干扰
Key words
Bobai Hakka dialect in Guangxi province/diminutive tone sandhi/dialect contact/borrowing/interference through shift