台閩語與台客語連音的構詞化

The Morphologization of Liaison Consonants in Taiwan Min and Taiwan Hakka

連音起於音節尾子音傳到以母音為首的詞綴音節。本研究探討台閩語與台客語使用者如何認知此連音。台閩語的觀念形成實驗及音節對調實驗結果採自Wang & Kao (2004)，我們另外對台客語苗栗、竹東、美濃方言做了音節對調實驗。結果顯示不同程度的構詞化現象。台閩語受試者傾向認為詞綴不帶子音，台客語則有顯著多數認為詞綴帶子音。而台客語中苗栗、美濃（四縣腔）又顯著的多於竹東（海陸腔）。我們認為這些不同程度的反應表現不同語言裡不同程度的構詞化現象。

A liaison consonant is a consonant resulting from the spreading of the final consonant of a syllable to the initial position of an onsetless particle. This study investigated whether such derived consonants are recognized by native speakers of Taiwan Min and Taiwan Hakka. Results of a concept formation and a syllable inversion experiment with Taiwan Min subjects are taken from Wang & Kao (2004). A syllable inversion experiment was done with Taiwan Hakka subjects. The results showed variant treatments by users of different languages. Taiwan Min speakers tended not to regard the liaison consonants as existing in the particle, while Taiwan Hakka speakers tended to accept their existence. And within Hakka, speakers using Sixian variety tended to accept the consonants more than Hailu speakers. We argue that such gradient performances show different degrees of morphologization of the consonants in the particles.