非洲语言的声调研究  

On the Tones of African Languages

作　　者：李倩 LI Qian

机构地区：[1]中国社会科学院语言研究所,北京100732

出　　处：《贵州民族大学学报（哲学社会科学版）》2024年第1期157-172,共16页Journal of Guizhou Minzu University:Philosophy and Social Science

基　　金：中国非洲研究院中非合作研究课题“中非语言类型研究”(CAI-J2020-08)阶段性成果。

摘　　要：声调是人类语言中最普遍的现象之一,世界上大部分语言都有声调,而非洲声调语言又占了声调语言的大部分。对中国学者来说,声调现象并不陌生,但目前国内学界对于非洲语言的声调现象关注极少。尽管学界已对汉语中的声调现象有了较为深入的研究和认识,但这些对声调现象的理解是否能够普遍适用于人类所有声调语言,有待未来通过非洲声调语言中的证据来检验。本文旨在以汉语声调研究者的视角,对西方学者有关非洲语言声调现象的研究进行简要介绍,并通过对现有非洲语言声调相关研究议题以及研究方法的反思,探讨未来进行非洲语言声调研究的可能方向。Tone is one of the commonest occurrences in human languages.Most languages in the world have tones,of which the African tone languages account for a majority.For Chinese scholars,tone is not something strange,yet scarce attention has been paid to the tones of African languages.Scholars have conducted deep-level studies on tones of Chinese and reached some consensus,but have yet to prove whether their understanding of tones is cross-linguistically applicable,and hence the African tone languages are a proper yardstick.From the viewpoint of a Chinese tone researcher,this paper introduces briefly the western scholars′achievements on African language tones,reflects on the existing research issues regarding the African language tones and the methods involved,and explores the potential development of research on African language tones.

关 键 词：非洲语言 声调 韵律 

分 类 号：G123[文化科学]