Chien Yu-Fu, Sereno Joan A, Zhang Jie
Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA.
Lang Speech. 2017 Dec;60(4):643-657. doi: 10.1177/0023830917690419. Epub 2017 Feb 14.
underlying representations play a crucial role in capturing predictable relations among different phonetic categories in phonological theory. Tone sandhi is a tonal alternation phenomenon in which a tone changes to a different tone in certain phonological environments. This study investigates whether Taiwanese listeners are more sensitive to the surface form of the tones or the underlying tonal representations of tone sandhi words. An auditory lexical decision experiment was conducted to examine priming effects between monosyllabic primes and disyllabic target words (tone sandhi T51 → T55 and sandhi T24 → T33). Each target was preceded by either a surface-tone prime (e.g., ping55-ping55tsun24; pue33-pue33jong51), an underlying-tone prime (e.g., ping51-ping55tsun24; pue24-pue33jong51), or an unrelated control (e.g., ping21-ping55tsun24; pue21-pue33jong51). Results showed significant differences in the natue of the priming effects across the two sandhi types, with productivity of the tone sandhi rule influencing how listeners' process and represent tone sandhi words.
在音系学理论中，底层表征在捕捉不同语音类别之间的可预测关系方面起着至关重要的作用。连读变调是一种声调交替现象，即在特定的音系环境中，一个声调会变为另一个不同的声调。本研究调查台湾听众对连读变调词的声调表层形式还是底层声调表征更为敏感。进行了一项听觉词汇判断实验，以检验单音节启动词和双音节目标词（连读变调T51→T55和变调T24→T33）之间的启动效应。每个目标词之前要么是一个表层声调启动词（例如，ping55 - ping55tsun24；pue33 - pue33jong51），一个底层声调启动词（例如，ping51 - ping55tsun24；pue24 - pue33jong51），要么是一个不相关的控制词（例如，ping21 - ping55tsun24；pue21 - pue33jong51）。结果表明，两种变调类型的启动效应性质存在显著差异，连读变调规则的生成性影响听众对连读变调词的处理和表征方式。
