Beginning with a introduction of the background and main contents of the paper ’Meaning in Language and How it is Acquired’ written by ZHAO Yuanren, we give an overview of Cybernetics and the background of the confe...Beginning with a introduction of the background and main contents of the paper ’Meaning in Language and How it is Acquired’ written by ZHAO Yuanren, we give an overview of Cybernetics and the background of the conference of Cybernetics, and how the relevant viewpoints in the great linguist’s paper could inspire the linguistic work today.展开更多
With a view to combine accuracy,elegance and convenience for printing,I have de-vised the following system of“tone-letters”for the consideration of fellow phoneticians.Each tone-1etter consists of a vertica1 referen...With a view to combine accuracy,elegance and convenience for printing,I have de-vised the following system of“tone-letters”for the consideration of fellow phoneticians.Each tone-1etter consists of a vertica1 reference line,of the height of an n,to whicha simplified time-pitch curve、of the tone represented is attached,for tonemes to the leftof the line,and for tone-values to its right.The thickness of the lines is to be the sameas the horizontal(thin)elements of a Roman charaCter。The total range is divided into four equal parts,thus makjng five points,numbered1,2,3,4,5,corresponding to 1ow,half-low,medium,half-high,high,respectively.In or-der not to 1nake distinctions too fine,points 2 and 4 are used either alone or With eaChother,but not in combination with 1,3,or 5.With this restriction,the total number oftone-letters which I propose is as follows:展开更多
这篇扎记的主要意图是说明中国现代民间音乐,听起它的音调总象是多了一个升号(a key with one sharp more than it sounds)。这种类型的曲调,大部分是五声音阶的。从西方音乐的观点来看,它们的调性是受到旋律的倾向,即围绕在哪个或哪几...这篇扎记的主要意图是说明中国现代民间音乐,听起它的音调总象是多了一个升号(a key with one sharp more than it sounds)。这种类型的曲调,大部分是五声音阶的。从西方音乐的观点来看,它们的调性是受到旋律的倾向,即围绕在哪个或哪几个音上的情况为转移,而不是由于在音阶上各音出现的次数来确定的。现以著名的《茉莉花》一曲来说明:展开更多
文摘Beginning with a introduction of the background and main contents of the paper ’Meaning in Language and How it is Acquired’ written by ZHAO Yuanren, we give an overview of Cybernetics and the background of the conference of Cybernetics, and how the relevant viewpoints in the great linguist’s paper could inspire the linguistic work today.
文摘With a view to combine accuracy,elegance and convenience for printing,I have de-vised the following system of“tone-letters”for the consideration of fellow phoneticians.Each tone-1etter consists of a vertica1 reference line,of the height of an n,to whicha simplified time-pitch curve、of the tone represented is attached,for tonemes to the leftof the line,and for tone-values to its right.The thickness of the lines is to be the sameas the horizontal(thin)elements of a Roman charaCter。The total range is divided into four equal parts,thus makjng five points,numbered1,2,3,4,5,corresponding to 1ow,half-low,medium,half-high,high,respectively.In or-der not to 1nake distinctions too fine,points 2 and 4 are used either alone or With eaChother,but not in combination with 1,3,or 5.With this restriction,the total number oftone-letters which I propose is as follows:
文摘这篇扎记的主要意图是说明中国现代民间音乐,听起它的音调总象是多了一个升号(a key with one sharp more than it sounds)。这种类型的曲调,大部分是五声音阶的。从西方音乐的观点来看,它们的调性是受到旋律的倾向,即围绕在哪个或哪几个音上的情况为转移,而不是由于在音阶上各音出现的次数来确定的。现以著名的《茉莉花》一曲来说明: