Roles of Stress in English Free Variations

重音在衍生自由變體字之角色

10.7047/LRR.200412.0001

林森鈴

自由變體字 ； 重音 ； 字彙學 ； 詞素 ； free variant ； word stress ； graphology ； morphology

運籌研究集刊

6期（2004 / 12 / 01）

1 - 26

英文

英式與美式英語據有同音但拼字約略相異之自由變體字，因此增加了識字與拼寫之困擾。自由變體字雖不多，惟此範疇著墨論述也相對闕如。經廣泛比對分析兩者字體相近單字，顯示美式自由變體字係由英式自由變體字衍生而成。促使兩者字母差異關鍵繫在重音，緊鄰重音節後之美式自由變體字得刪減或更換字母。因此整理出四條淺易衍生自由變體字構字之規則以供參考。

British and American English free variants, though phonetically realized identically, are slightly different in graphemic representation, thus resulting in learning difficulty. However, little attention has been paid to what causes differences in British and American English. Pair comparisons made between lexigraphical items in the two Englishes reveal that word stress is the key factor determining the formation of free variants; graphemic deletion and metathesis occur in a post-tonic syllable, and that American variants are derived from their respective British counterparts. The disclosures help formulate four learner-friendly variable rules with prose statements; they can serve as a general reference in derivation of American free variants.

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