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Peer reviewedYue-Hashimoto, Anne O. – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1986
Tonal "flip-flop" (reversal of pitch value in which a direct exchange of value between two items is necessarily involved) can be found in a significant number of modern Chinese dialects, where an opposite pitch pattern is observed for the traditional Yin/Yang dichotomy of tones. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Chinese, Dialect Studies, Distinctive Features (Language)
