Competing Strategies and Derivational Economy
变调规则中的竞争性
Matthew Y. Chen 陈渊泉

Abstract 摘要
This paper examines a number of theoretical issues against a set of intricate tone sandhi facts of New Chongming. I argue three main points: 1. Far from being arbitrary rewrite rules, tone sandhi processes function as competing repair strategies, a synchronic analog of competing sound changes. 2. There is a need to recognize embody gradient, probabilistic tendencies rather than categorical or yes/no rules. 3. Given a set of independently established rules, and given alternative derivations consistent with them, the simplest derivation leading to a wellformed tonotactic target is consistently preferred–in accordance with the Harmonic Principle, according to which rules apply minimally to maximally satisfy wellformedness conditions.

本文根据新崇明方言中一组复杂的变调现象探讨了几个理论上的问题，并提出以下三个论点：第一，变调规则具有竞争性的调整功能，与历史语音变化的竞争性质相同。第二，变调规则往往是概率性的，而不是绝对有无的。第三，一套现存的变调规则如有不同的实行程序，最简洁的程序也是能达到最配合音串条件的程序。

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