语调切分的音系长度制约条件及其语言类型偏向

Phonological length constraint and its typological bias in intonation-phrasing

由于各种音系和非音系因素的影响,语调切分非常多变,不同的研究者从不同角度不同层面对此进行了探讨,这在一定程度上导致语调切分的制约条件集不稳定,音系长度制约条件不统一是其主要表现之一。本文首先尝试对音系长度制约条件进行了形式化。在此基础上,本文坚持制约条件重排列的思想,对Selkirk(2000),Chen(2000)和王洪君(2002)等所举例句进行了重新分析,并通过个案研究考察了母语产出和非母语产出的语调切分,证实了本文提出的音系长度制约条件的形式化方法的有效性和音系长度制约条件的语言类型偏向。

Researches from diverse perspectives have proposed different sets of constraints on intonation-phrasing,which,due to the influence of phonological and non-phonological factors,manifests considerable freedom in speech production.Inconsistency in the expression of phonological length constraint (PLC) only reflects this fact.In the present paper,a highly formalized expression of PLC is attempted as an effort to unify PLC.On the basis of that,and by assuming constraint re-ranking,some classic examples of intonation-phrasing from Selkirk (2000),Chen (2000) and Wang (2002) are reanalyzed,and a case study of native and non-native speech productions is conducted.It is indicated that the formalization of PLC is valid and its typological bias is also empirically confirmed.