On the cognitive basis of contact-induced sound change: Vowel merger reversal in Shanghainese
On the cognitive basis of contact-induced sound change: Vowel merger reversal in Shanghainese
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接触引起的音变的认知基础：上海话的元音合并反转
DOI：
10.1353/lan.2016.0031
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发表时间：
2016
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影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Charles B. Chang
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作者：
Y. Yao;Charles B. Chang
翻译后摘要：本研究调查的来源和地位，最近在上海（吴，Sinitic）的声音变化，已被归因于语言接触与普通话。这一变化涉及到两个元音，/e/和//，据报道，这两个元音在30年前合并，但在当代上海话中却有明显的变化。两个实验的结果表明，说话人的年龄、语言模式（单语上海话和双语上海话-普通话）和跨语言语音相似性都影响这些元音的产生。这些发现为语言接触作为合并逆转的语言手段提供了证据，并且与接触现象起源于双语思维中的跨语言互动的观点一致。
Abstract:This study investigates the source and status of a recent sound change in Shanghainese (Wu, Sinitic) that has been attributed to language contact with Mandarin. The change involves two vowels, /e/ and /ɛ/, reported to be merged three decades ago but produced distinctly in contemporary Shanghainese. Results of two production experiments show that speaker age, language mode (monolingual Shanghainese vs. bilingual Shanghainese-Mandarin), and crosslinguistic phonological similarity all influence the production of these vowels. These findings provide evidence for language contact as a linguistic means of merger reversal and are consistent with the view that contact phenomena originate from cross-language interaction within the bilingual mind.