英语音位变体实质的探析

On the Essence of English Allophone

英语语言学语音分支中出现频率较高的三个名词音素、音位及音位变体给语言学习者带来很多困惑,其中现代英语语言学对英语音位和音位变体的相互关系,尤其是音位变体的实质等问题很少有明确的界定,这对通彻理解语言学语音系统造成极大障碍。文章将通过分类讨论的方法来明晰这一问题。

Phone,phoneme,and allophone are frequently used terms in phonetic branch of linguistics,which also puzzle the language learners.There are few clear discussions and conclusions on the relationship between phoneme and allophone,especially on the essence of allophone.The above problem makes great troubles in understanding phonetic system of English linguistics thoroughly.The paper is to analyze the problem by classification.