Two Theories of Onset Clusters

中文和英文音節首的輔音組（如[pl]，[pr]等）和輔音介音組（如[kw]，[pj]等）哪些可用哪些不可用，一般都用音響級別(sonority scale)來解釋。本文提出，這些音組實際上都是複合單音（同時有兩個或二個發音動作的單音）。本文先指出音響理論的缺點，然後根據發音理論，討論複合單音的類型，其次再逐一討論中文和英文的輔音組和輔音介音組。本文認爲，中文的輔音介音組全部都能分析爲複合單音。英文除了音節首的舌尖擦音（如[s]），剩下的輔音組和輔音介音組也都全部能分析爲複合單音。英文音節首的[s]等音對于任何理論都是例外，對本文也如此。本文的理論比現有的理論更簡單，可以解釋更多的現象，同時還反映出了中文和英文的共性。

關鍵字

音節；輔音組；複合單音

並列摘要

Onset clusters refer to consonant clusters, such as [pl] and [pr], and consonant-glide clusters, such as [kw] and [pj], that occur at the beginning of a syllable. Which clusters are used in a language is usually explained in terms of sonority scale. I argue instead that the occurring clusters are in fact complex single sounds. I first point out the shortcomings of the sonority approach. Then I introduce articulator-based feature theory, which defines possible complex sounds. Next I survey each onset cluster in Chinese and English and argue that it can be represented as a single complex sound. An initial coronal fricative, such as [s] or [∫], can also be added to an English syllable, which every theory must accommodate. The present proposal is simpler, accounts for more facts, and shows a similarity between Chinese and English.

並列關鍵字

syllable ； consonant cluster ； complex sound

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Two Theories of Onset Clusters

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