Chenchen Xu

List of John Benjamins publications for which Chenchen Xu plays a role.

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Xu, Chenchen and Lingfeng Mao 2017 The sociolinguistic meanings of syllable contraction in Chinese: A study using perceptual maps Asia-Pacific Language Variation 3:2, pp. 160–199 | Article
Syllable contraction has been observed in many modern Chinese varieties, including Mandarin. Public opinion of syllable contraction, especially some stereotyped contracted words, tends to associate it with a southern (especially Taiwanese) accent. Gendered social meanings are often attached to it… read more