A Diachronic Look into Aberrant Synchronic Sound Patterns

脫軌的共時音韻現象：歷時觀

10.6503/THJCS.2005.35(2).08

許慧娟(Hui-chuan Hsu)

秘密語 ； 擬聲字重疊 ； 嵌1詞 ； secret language ； onomatopoeia reduplication ； I-separated words

清華學報

35卷2期（2005 / 12 / 01）

435 - 456

英文

本文主張純粹的共時音韻可能是個迷思。脫軌的現行音韻現象或許保留了早期音韻的遺跡。三個閩南秘密語、潮陽方言擬聲字重疊和大同方言嵌1詞都見證了從歷時的角度解釋脫軌的共時音韻現象的可行性。

This paper argues that the concept of 'pure synchronic phonology' which possibly emerges as a result of the over-application of the learnability viewpoint to the study of language can be a myth. Existent phonological patterns which plague a unified synchronic analysis may actually reflect remnants of an earlier phonology. A wide range of dialect materials from three Southern Min secret languages, Chaoyang onomatopoeia reduplication, to Datong I-separated words all reveal the feasibility of tackling aberrant synchronic sound patterns from a diachronic perspective.

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