眉县方言两字组的连读变调

Meixian Dialect Two-Character Cluster Tone Sandhi

眉县方言两字组连读变调的最典型特点是:古清声母平声今阴平字连读,前字一般变如阳平;今阴平字作为前字而后字由非阴平变如阳平后,前字变如上声;两个上声字连读最常见的是前字变如阴平;前字全浊入声,后字舒声的其他两字组变调,多数是前字变如阴平,后字变如上声;两入声字连读,前字清声母入声,后字清及次浊入声通常是前字变如阳平。

The most typical characteristics of two-character tone sandhi in Meixian dialect include the transformation of the previous ancient voiceless consonant tone syllable character from the first tone to second tone, the transformation of the previous character from the first tone to the third tone with the tone of the latter character changed from the non-first tone to the second tone, the most com- mon transformation of the two characters with the third tone being the previous character changed from the third tone to the first tone, the transformation of the majority of the previous voiced entering tone characters to the first tones with the majority of the latter characters changed from the level tones, the falling-rising tones and the falling tones to the fourth tones, the transformation of the previous character with the voiceless entering tone to the second tone, and the transformation of the latter character with voiceless and voiced entering tone to the second tone.