广州话中的U音

广州话中的Ｕ音

本文先简要介绍了当前生成音系学理论框架内的管辖音系理论，然后运用它来分析广州话的[ｕ］音。从[ｕ］音分布的局限性推断出，[ｕ］在广州话里不是一个原始的音段。它是由前后音段中所包含的元素＇Ｕ＇传播到空置的核心位置而形成，只存在于＇Ｕ＇传播后所派生的表层音系结构当中。

This article first gave a brief introduction to the theory of Government Phonology, which is within the current theoretical framework of Generative Phonology. The theory then is used to analyze the [u] sound in Cantonese. It is assumed from its constrained distribution that [u] is not a lexical nucleus. It is the result of the element ＇U＇ spreading into an empty nucleus from the adjacent onsets. [u] sound only exists in the surface phonological level after derivation.