Te-hsin LiuTE-HSIN LIU2019-05-022019-05-022012-06-0100913723https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/406198The thesis of tone merger in northern Chinese dialects was first proposed by Wang (1982), and further developed by Lien (1986), the migration of lib (Yangshang) into III (Qu) being a common characteristic. The present work aims to provide an update on the current state of tone merger in northern Chinese, with a special focus on Dalian, which is a less well-known Mandarin dialect spoken in Liaoning province in Northeast China.Near merger | Optimality Theory | Tone merger | Tone sandhijournal articlehttps://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/848746115312-s2.0-84874611531WOS:000306819500005https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84874611531https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84874611531&partnerID=40&md5=85f49cb0fcb9f4922bb0a5bda69abad8