英语语调研究百年综论  

On English Intonational Studies in the 20th Century

作　　者：陈虎[1] 

机构地区：[1]解放军外国语学院英语系,河南洛阳471003

出　　处：《解放军外国语学院学报》2009年第3期13-20,共8页Journal of PLA University of Foreign Languages

基　　金：国家自然科学基金项目(60475043);国家社会科学基金项目(07CYY001)

摘　　要：综观百年来的英语语调研究,按研究方式主要可分为三类:构形方式、音高音位方式及AM方式。总体上看,构形方式偏重于语音层面,其描写比较直观;音高音位方式偏重于音位层面,具有明显理论动因;而AM方式则试图在音系与语音层面之间建立联系,其目的不仅在于提供英语语调的音系表征,而且要通过音调映射规则进一步将表征结果投射为实际的基频曲线。虽然三种方式在语调描写方法、研究目的和表征充分性上各有特色,但在英语语调的要素及意义、功能研究方面存在较多的一致性。English intonational studies in the last century can be generally classified into three major types with regard to research approach, namely, the British eortfigurational approach, the American level approach and the latest AM approach. On the whole, the configurational approach focuses on phonetic description of the English intonation through auditory tone movements, which is quite intuitionistie and transparent; the level approach emphasizes the phonemic analysis of the English intonation through multiple tone levels, with distinct theoretical motivation; and the AM approach aims to form an organic link between the phonetic and the phonological levels, which not only provides a phonological representation of the English intonation, but also projects the representation into concrete Fo curves through tone mapping rules. Despite the differences in priorities and features in descriptive method, research purpose and representational adequacy, the three approaches largely agree on the key elements, meanings and functions of the English intonation.

关 键 词：英语语调研究 构形方式 音高音位方式 AM方式 

分 类 号：H311[语言文字—英语]