香港地区粤语“文白异读”现象的社会调查

A Sociolinguistic Study on the Phenomenon of Literary and Colloquial Pronunciation in Hong Kong Cantonese

本研究采用社会语言学调查和变项规则分析等方法,考察了香港地区粤语中的文白异读情况,描述了粤语的文白异读的音韵学特征,分析了在年龄、性别和教育水平等变量影响下,不同言语社团在文白异读方面呈现的变异规律。研究发现香港地区粤语的白话音在文白异读中更常用,表明了白话音取代文读音的趋势,词汇扩散理论更适合解释香港地区粤语中文白异读语音动态变化过程。本文结合当前香港地区粤语的文白异读现实状况,为未来文白异读字词的教育发展方向提出了从俗从理的改进建议。

This study utilized methods such as sociolinguistic surveys and variable analysis to investigate the phenomenon of literary and colloquial pronunciations(LCP)in Hong Kong region Cantonese.It described the phonological characteristics of these LCP in Cantonese,analyzed the variation patterns of LCP in different speech communities under the influence of variables like age,gender,and education levels.This study found that colloquial pronunciations are more commonly used in modern Cantonese and have replaced the literary pronunciations due to socio-cultural gender,age and educational differences,becoming a trend in the use of LCP in Cantonese.Furthermore,a comprehensive summary and analysis of the current situation of the actual usage of literary and colloquial pronunciations in Hong Kong region,can provide reasonable and practical suggestions for future educational promotion of literary and colloquial pronunciations.