Tianjin Mandarin

Trisyllabic Tone Sandhi in Tianjin Mandarin

Tianjin Mandarin is known for its complex tone sandhi patterns over bisyllabic constituents and the conflicting directionality as well as the possible iterative application of sandhi rules over trisyllabic constituents. Previous studies on Tianjin tone sandhi, especially those on sandhi in trisyllabic sequences, have been mainly based on impressionistic descriptions. In this paper, we argue tha...

Neutral Tone Realization in Tianjin Mandarin

This study examines the acoustic realization of neutral tone in Tianjin Mandarin, which shows great variability in the f0 patterns. Previous studies, mainly with impressionistic data, have proposed that the neutral tone in Tianjin Mandarin has different underlying tonal targets depending on the tonal contexts, in particular the following tone. This presents a great challenge to the crossdialect...

Tianjin Haihe Hospital - Success Story

As the designated hospital for public health emergency in Tianjin, China, Tianjin Haihe Hospital’s strategic mission is to handle health emergency situations. Its IT system must not only support daily routine works, but also be able to accommodate explosive growth in case of the emergency. Therefore, Tianjin Haihe Hospital launched an IT system upgrade and reconstruction project and selected Hi...

Human rabies in Tianjin, China.

BACKGROUND Human rabies has recently re-emerged as a significant public health threat in Tianjin, China. METHODS Using surveillance data compiled by the Tianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we describe 60 cases of human rabies reported from 2005 to 2011 in the municipality of Tianjin, China. RESULTS All 60 cases of human rabies resulted in death. Cases were primarily male (80...

The Second CIPS - SIGHAN Joint Conference on Chinese Language Processing 20 - 21 December 2012 Tianjin University Tianjin , China