天津话上声的两条"变调规则"辨析

一、引言天津话是北方方言,自20世纪80年代李行健、刘思训在《中国语文》上发表有关天津话连读变调的文章以来[1],天津话的连读变调现象一直是国内外语言学界讨论的热点。人们从语音实验、音系分析、社会调查等不同的角度,对天津话的连读变调现象进行分析、探讨,提出了各自的主

Two New Third Tone Sandhi Rules in Tianjin Dialect: A Critical Re-analysis

Wee et al.propose that tone 3 changes to tone 1 before tone 2 or tone 4 in Tianjin dialect.With regards to these two third tone sandhi rules,the present paper conducts two experiments: an acoustic experiment and a perception experiment.In the acoustic experiment we find that the tone contours for disyllabic sequences of tone 3 and tone 1 can't be displayed clearly by the five-scale tonal system,but from the specific tone pitch values the differences are obvious.The results drawn from the following perception experiment we conducted reveal that the fine distinction between these two tones in dysyllabic phrases can be discerned by the native Tianjin speakers,and thus clearly shows that tone 3 does not undergo a categorical change to tone 1 when it precedes tone 2 or tone 4.