Tianjin tone sandhi: Towards a unified approach
天津方言连读变调的单一性
Tony Hung 洪同年

Abstract 摘要
The paper attempts a unified and motivated analysis of the complex and puzzling tone sandhi phenomena of Tianjin, by appealing to a simple phontactic constraint disfavoring identical low tones in juxtaposition (well-attested in Mandarin dialects). Far from being wildly idiosyncratic, Tianjin tone sandhi rules are shown to apply in essentially the same, free mode. Departures from the norm, with respect to mode of application in certain tone sequences, variant readings, extrinsic rule-ordering, and rule optionality, are motivated by the phonotactic constraint. The paper also explores the prosodic domains within which Tianjin tone sandhi operates.

天津方言的连读变调，表面上极度复杂。但复杂的现象并不一定要有复杂和过量的分析。本文对这题目作一有动机和单一性的探讨。天津连读变调四种规则的用法基本上都是自由的。其中不一致或特别的现象，如：（1）有些声调序列产生特殊的变调方式；（2）有些声调序列产生两种不同的读法；（3）变调规则的次序；（4）变调规则的任意性，一概可由一简单和有独立动机的声调配列制约作为动机。最后本文也探讨了天津方言声调群的结构。

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