德昂语布雷方言中焦点的韵律编码方式

Focus Encoding in PuLei Dialect of De-ang

德昂语布雷方言声学分析结果表明:1.焦点词上没有明显的音高提高,也没有焦点后音高骤降和音域变窄的现象;2.焦点词的时长增加(10%左右)。这一焦点的韵律编码方式不同于汉语普通话以及印欧语系中大部分语言,而与台湾闽南语及粤语等相似。

PuLei Dialect of De-ang belongs to Mon-Khmer language family.It is non-tonal and lacks of word stress.Question-and-matched-answer paradigm was used to induce focus in different positions of sentences.Acoustic analysis shows that： 1.Focus is not encoded in f0 in the way that both on-focus f0 raising and post-focus f0 lowering are absent.2.Focused word is lengthened（about 10% on average）.Such a mechanism on marking focus is different from Mandarin Chinese and most of Indo-European languages,but similar to Taiwan Residents and Cantonese.