The regularity and pronunciation of light words

The rules and pronunciations of light words are as follows:

Light tone is a sound change phenomenon caused by the weakening of syllable pronunciation, which can be regarded as a special tone sandhi, not an independent tone category.

Generally speaking, the tone read after flat, rising and falling tone is lower than the previous syllable, and its tone value can be roughly described as short and low falling tone; The soft tone after the upper tone is higher than the previous syllable, and its tone value can be roughly described as short and half Gao Pingtiao.

1. Most syllables with light tones are related to their grammatical meaning and vocabulary.

For example, the modal particle "Ah, Ba, Ni, Mo", nouns and pronouns suffix "Zi, Er, Tou, De, Men", locative words "Shang, Xia, Li, Tou, Bian, Mian", verbs followed by words "Lai, Qu" and auxiliary words "De, Di, Mian".

2. The light syllables of some words are conventional.

Flat tone+soft tone

Such as: betel nut, messenger, mixed, kite, glass, slap, flattery, guy, trembling, whispering, clothes, sesame, considerate, thoughtful, secretary, comfortable, rest, planning, friendship, generosity, workshop, goblin, famine, public, rare, birthday, yangko, stumbling, greeting, fancy.

Yangping+softly

Such as: solar terms, symmetry, aunt, year and month, calculation, loquat, fence, liveliness, mystery, fox, student, mobile, clean, year, worry, fairy, toad, pomegranate, rose, cool, radish, cotton, paste, friend, slave.

Up+down

Such as: twist, head, pocket, master, wife, kindness, mouth, finger, melon seeds, miss, already, nail, idea, grievance, trumpet, exquisite, send, ask, stir, fill, like, decent, secure, snack, buddy, dress up, mute, son-in-law, jewelry, refreshing.