What Do We Do with Irregular Correspondences? The Case of the Khoe Languages
What Do We Do with Irregular Correspondences? The Case of the Khoe Languages
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面对不规则的信件我们该怎么办？
DOI：
10.2307/3172072
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发表时间：
1991
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通讯作者：
R. Vossen
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作者：
R. Vossen
没有什么是不能与其他任何事情直接或间接相关的，而正是这个噩梦才是可怕的。世界语言中的这种混乱似乎没有先例……（Trail 1974：251）语音变化的规律性被认为是历史语言重建的基本原则。 1876年，莱比锡新语法学派的A. Leskien提出了声音变化无一例外地发生的假设，意思是“如果一个人汇集所有事实，并准确而彻底地分析它们，就可以陈述语言发展的无例外原则或规律”（Lehmann 1973：87）。然而，后来基于实证研究的观点认为，语言从来都不是完全平衡的，因此，变化不一定是恒定的，使用不同语言的群体之间也不一定是平行的。人们已经发现了多种原因来解释语言的不规则性：一种语言对另一种语言的影响、儿童习得语言的影响等。然而，在我们对不规则或非结构化的语音变化进行任何病因学讨论之前，必须介绍本案例研究的调查领域，并概述案例问题性质的特征。
There is nothing that cannot be related directly or indirectly to anything else, and it is this nightmare that is horrifying. There seems to be no precedent for this sort of chaos in the languages of the world… (Traill 1974:251) Regularity of phonological change is considered a basic principle of historico-linguistic reconstruction. In 1876 A. Leskien of the Leipzig school of neogrammarians formulated the postulate of sound change occurring without exception, meaning “that if one assembled all the facts, and analyzed them accurately and thoroughly, one could state exceptionless principles or laws for the development of language” (Lehmann 1973:87). However, it has since been argued on the basis of empirical research that languages are never in complete balance and that, therefore, change is not necessarily constant, nor parallel among groups speaking different languages. Various reasons have been found to account for irregularities in language: the impact of one language on another, the effect of children acquiring their language, etc. Yet before we enter into any etiological discussion of irregular or unstructured phonological change, the area of investigation for the present case study must be introduced, and the characteristic of the problematic nature of the case sketched.