字调对语调的影响——字调与语调关系的另一种考察

Tone Influence of Chinese Characters onIntonation

语调是语句的音调模式,尽管与字调都表现为音高随时间而变化的形态,但各有自己独特的音高变化格局,而且各自的功能不同,是两个相对独立的语言学平面。从言语的生成阶段考察,字调不会制约语调的形成。字调对语调的内部构造不产生制约关系。从实验语音学的角度考察,字调的改变可能会对语调的调移、调高和调域带来量上的细微变化,但对语调音阶的总体走势与波动形态不构成影响。因此,可以说字调对语调的影响并不明显。

Intonation is sentence tone pattern. Although the tone patterns of both sentence and character manifest a change of sound pitch along with time, however, they each have unique characteristics in the change and they function differently. They belong to comparatively independent linguistic aspects. Examined inthe forming stage of utterance, the tones of characters do not condition the formation of intonation, and do not condition the internal structure of intonation.Examined in the aspect of experimental linguistics, the tones change of Chinesecharacters may slight affect the deviation, sound pitch and range of intonation, but it does not affect the whole trend of intonation scale and undulation pattern. Therefore, we can say the tones of Chinese characters do not obviously affect intonation.