英文摘要 |
The Paiwan language encompasses two major patterns of stress: variable stress(Type a) and fixed stress. The second type can be further divided into ultimate syllable stress(Type b), penultimate stress(Type c-1) and Quality-sensitive stress(Type c-2) which is derived from Type c-1. Based on the wave theory, we may infer that the fixed stress pattern arises due to 'stress fixing movement' in the language. It is a pattern that can be represented by a “wave model” as Type a > Type b/c. However, the model lacks the power of an explanation to characterize the entire process of stress pattern evolution. This paper proposes the 'firework model' as an alternative model that is more applicable to the case of dialectal divergence. Based on this model, the paper infers that the stress pattern in Paiwan might have diverged into Types b and c from Type a, and then Type c-1 spread westward and intruded into the territory of Type b. Thus the geographical layout of a-b-c-b-a stress patterns came about as seen today. In addition to the modeling of dialect dispersion, the author reconstructs the Highland dialect of Paiwan and relocates the distribution of the core dialect area of the language before the 1930s. |