浅谈现代汉语变调造词

"Tone Change-induced Word Creation" in Modern Chinese

通过破读实现"变调造词"是汉语的特点之一。《现代汉语词典》(第5版)有由24个破读字参与构成的相互对立的双音节和多音节词40组,研究它们,可以从中发现变调造词的规律,进而从语言类型学的角度探讨变调造词的生成机制,以丰富破读在语法方面的研究成果。

One of the features of the Chinese is ＂tone change-induced word creation＂ by means of variant pronunciation （also known as breaking sound）, which means the pronunciation other than the most common, customary pronunciation of a word with more than two forms of pronunciation because of different senses, and is realized by ＂tone change-induced word creation＂. 24 variant pronunciations constitute 40 pairs of disyllabic and polysyllabic words in ＂Modern Chinese Dictionary＂ （5th edition）. An in-depth study of these words will shed light on the law of ＂tone change-induced word creation＂, and generation mechanism from the perspective of linguistic typology.