英文摘要 |
The current study examines syllable-final nasal mergers in Taiwan Mandarin. One major finding is that the ethnic gap of syllable-final nasal mergers has been leveled. Meanwhile, the merger directions observed in the current study are in accordance with Ing (1985) and Chen (1991a) in that the syllable-final nasals tend to be alveolarized if preceded by [ə] and velarized if preceded by [i]. However, this [iN] merger direction contradicts Kubler (1985) and Tse (1992). Chen (1991a) and the current study presented inconsistent results in terms of the leading merger. Chen (1991a) suggested that [in] to [iŋ] was leading the merger while the current study suggests that the leading merger is [əŋ] to [ən].
本研究以語音與社會語言學觀點探討台灣華語音節末鼻音合併現象。研究發現,戰後由中國來台之新移民(一般所稱之「外省人」)與本省閩南人之間,於音節末鼻音合併現象上並無顯著差異。此外,本研究亦顯示音節末鼻音合併方向與鼻音前之母音有關,若該母音為[i],則其後之齒齦鼻音[n]傾向與軟顎鼻音[ŋ]合併; 若該母音為[ə],則鼻音傾向由軟顎向齒齦合併。此項研究發現與Ing (1985)及Chen (1991a)吻合,但其中的[iN]合併方向,則與Kubler (1985)及Tse (1992)相反。此外,本研究雖與Chen (1991a)於兩種音節末鼻音合併方向上得到一致的結果,但對於何者居帶頭地位,仍未得一致結果。Chen (1991a)的研究結果顯示,[in]-->[iŋ]的合併頻率較高,但本研究卻顯示[əŋ]-->[ən]頻率較高。 |