实验音系学:语音学与音系学的结合

Experimental Phonology:Integration of Phonetics and Phonology

实验音系学不是一种音系学理论,而是一种研究范式。它肇始于1987年举办的第一届实验音系学学术会议,其初衷是为了促进语音学家和音系学家之间的和解与合作。经过几十年的发展,实验音系学用客观、科学的实验和量化的方法弥补了传统音系学在数据采集上的缺陷,为传统音系学理论提出的一些假设提供了语音事实依据,同时也对一些假设进行了修正。实验音系学的研究目前在国内还处于起步阶段。

The paper is a brief review of the beginning and development,research methods,and research findings in experimental phonology.Its history may be traced back to the first conference on experimental phonology in 1987,with an aim to facilitate the cooperation between phoneticians and phonologists.One of the major advantages of experimental phonology over theoretical phonology is its experimental and quantitative approach with a subjective and scientific way to collect data.Its recent research results lend a support to and update some hypotheses in phonology.Although experimental phonology is not new to scholars in Chinese phonological research,it is still in initial stage in this field.