| 英文摘要 |
1. Although disguised speech of one sort or another is fairly common among the languages of the world, good descriptions of the manner in which the disguise is accomplished are still rather difficult to find. Languages of Southeast Asia and the Pacific seem to have several varieties. Materials obtained from Burmese speakers between 1948-52 illustrate a number of these varieties and therefore seem to deserve a systematic presentation. Languages like Thai and Burmese have a type of syllable structure which can usefully be described in terms of an initial (i.e. the initial consonant or consonant cluster) and a final (i.e. the vowel plus tone plus consonant, if any). Both languages have developed a kind of speech disguise in which the initials of affected syllables remain fixed while the finals are reversed. |
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