平南话词尾“儿”的音变

The Phonetic Change of Diminutive in Pingnan Dialect

描写了粤方言平南话的小称词尾"儿"的音变规律,并分析了引起音变的原因:受主观省力意愿和前一音节协同发音以及语言自身前轻后重节律特点的影响,"儿"在语流中可以由i变为三种自成音节的鼻音m、n和。这种自成音节的鼻音形式是粤方言小称发展中不可缺少的中间环节。

Abstract. This paper describes the phonetic change rules of the diminutive ＂n,i＂ in Pingnan dialect of Cantonese and discusses the reasons. Because of the energy-saving principle, the co-articulation of the previous syllable, the rhythm feature of light beginning and strong ending in the dialect itself, the diminutive ＂ n,i＂ in Pingnan dialect is changed into three nasal sounds as m,nor η. The nasal sound is indispensable to the development of diminutive in Cantonese.