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An OT-CC analysis of phonological opacity in Shaoxing trisyllabic tone sandhi
绍兴方言三字组连读变调音系隐晦性的OT-CC分析
Jisheng Zhang 张吉生, Jeroen M. van de Weijer
Abstract 摘要
A phonological analysis of the underlying tone features of tone sandhi in light of feature geometrical theory discovers a complicated phonological opacity in Shaoxing trisyllabic tone sandhi in terms of tone feature spreading or/and delinking. However, it is well-documented that the classic Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993) fails to explain phonological opacity. Based on McCarthy’s (2007) new theory----Optimality Theory with Candidate Chains (OT-CC) , this paper presents an explicit explanation of the phonological rules of Shaoxing trisyllabic tone sandhi by examining the underlying tone feature behavior, which strongly suggests that OT-CC is a minimal explanatory approach to phonological opacity cross-linguistically.
在特征几何的理论框架内看连读变调的底层声调特征表现形式，绍兴方言三字组连读变调规则涉及复杂的音系隐晦性，但经典优选论无法解析音系的不透明性。本文运用McCarthy (2007) 提出的候选项链优选论（OT-CC），从音系层面对绍兴方言三字组连读变调时声调特征的表现形式进行解释性分析。实证分析说明OT-CC提供了解释音系隐晦性的简洁、明了、准确的方法。
Subject Keywords 关键词
Shaoxing Chinese 绍兴方言 Tone sandhi 连读变调 Tone feature 声调特征 Phonological opacity 音系隐晦性 OT-CC 候选项链优选论