生成音系学视阈下音系特征研究新视野——《音系特征理论》评介  

A new study on phonological features from the perspective of generative pho-nology:A review of A Theory of Phonological Features

作　　者：郭中子[1] GUO Zhongzi(School of English Studies,Tianjin Foreign Studies University,Tianjin 300204,China)

机构地区：[1]天津外国语大学英语学院,天津市300204

出　　处：《外文研究》2020年第2期95-98,109,110,共6页Foreign Studies

基　　金：教育部人文社会科学研究规划基金项目“音系—句法的交互与英汉韵律结构对比研究”(20YJA740016)。

摘　　要：区别特征是音系学的核心概念之一,而构建最简特征体系以区分所有语音的对立一直是音系学的研究热点。针对该问题,密歇根大学语言学系端木三教授著述的《音系特征理论》提出了一种全新的诠释。该书基于音位数据库(UPSID和P⁃base)进行实证研究,认为特征理论应以对立为基础,以主动发音器官和发音动作来定义,建立一套主要从发音角度来定义的偶值特征体系,用最少的特征数量即足以区分世界上所有语言的元音和辅音。Distinctive features are one of the core concepts of phonology.It has been a research focus in phonology to devise the simplest feature system to distinguish the contrast between all speech sounds.To solve this problem,San Duanmu,professor of the department of linguistics at the U-niversity of Michigan,proposes a new interpretation in his book The Theory of Phonological Fea-tures.This book,based on the phoneme database(UPSID and p-base)and an empirical study,argues that the feature theory should be based on contrast,defined by the active articulators and vocal actions,and then a set of even-valued feature systems can be established mainly from the perspective of articulation,with the minimum number of features sufficient to distinguish the vowels and consonants of all languages in the world.

关 键 词：音系学 特征 特征理论 

分 类 号：H012[语言文字—语言学]