Chapter I Introduction to Tone Sandhi Varation
1.1 Background and Purpose
1.2 Overview of the Dissertation
1.3 Significance of the Dissertation
1.4 Variation in Phonology
1.5 Variation in Tone Sandhi
Chapter II Shanghai and Wuxi Tone Sandhi
2.1 Shanghai Tone Sandhi Patterns
2.2 Wuxi Tone Sandhi Patterns
2.3 Shanghai & Wuxi Tone Sandhi Comparison
2.4 Summary
Chapter III Factors Affecting Tone Sandhi Application
3.1 Lexical Frequency
3.2 Semantic Transparency
3.3 Syntactic Structure
3.4 Morpheme Length
Chapter IV Experimental Investigation of The Nature of Tone Sandhi Variation in Shanghai
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Research Questions
4.3 Methodology
4.4 Data Analysis
4.5 Results
4.6 Discussion
Chapter V Experimental Investigation of the Nature of
Tone Sandhi Variation in Wuxi
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Research questions
5.3 Methodology
5.4 Data analysis
5.5 Results
5.6 Discussion
Chapter VI General Discussion and Concluding Remarks
6.1 Comparison between Shanghai and Wuxi Tone Sandhi Variation
6.2 Summary of Findings
6.3 Future Research
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