The Layers of Vowel Phonological System and Variation of Sibe Language

• 발행기관: 아시아사회과학학회
• 저자명: Zhonghua Zheng
• 간행물 정보: 『Journal of Asia Social Science』Vol.12 No.3, 1~14쪽, 전체 14쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 사회과학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2024.09.30

국문 초록

In the vowel phonological system of oral Sibe, the appearance of /ɛ/, /oe/ and /y/ is rare and is conditionally constrained by certain partially predictable phonological environments, thus falling between the domains of “phoneme” and “allophone”. This paper attempts to propose two layers in the vowel phonological system, say the frequent and unpredictable vowels, /a/, /ə/, /i/, /o/, /u/, as the “central phonemes”, whereas the /ɛ/, /oe/ and /y/ the “marginal phonemes”. Due to be in the state of sound change in progress, /ɛ/, /oe/ and /y/ show several lexical variants on the synchronic level. This paper will compare and analyze the recent research in 2004 with the previous study in 1982 to illustrate a comprehensive picture of the vowel variation in modern Sibe language.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Oral and Written Correspondence

3. The Vowel System and Synchronic Variation

4. Conclusion

References

키워드

Vowels Marginal Phoneme Synchronic Variation