Consonant cluster reduction in Tejano English
Consonant cluster reduction in Tejano English
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特哈诺英语中的辅音簇减少
DOI：
10.1017/s0954394500001708
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发表时间：
1994
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1
通讯作者：
R. Bayley
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作者：
R. Bayley
摘要本研究考察了德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥居民英语中辅音群减少的过程。该研究将Tejano的/-t、d/删除模式与Labov（1989）总结的泛英语模式进行了比较。VARBRUL分析的结果表明，在Tejano英语中/-t，d/缺失受到许多与其他英语方言相同的因素的限制，包括洛杉矶奇卡诺英语。然而，结果也表明，一个复杂的模式的收敛和发散。年轻的Tejanos正在向英语的其他方言靠拢，这与形态类对聚类简化的影响有关。然而，有一些证据表明，他们正在偏离其他方言方面的音节重音的效果。在后一个维度上，年轻的Tejanos复制了圣安娜（1991年）在洛杉矶奇卡诺人中发现的模式。最后，本研究比较了在圣安东尼奥和洛杉矶的Tejano/奇卡诺英语中的/-t，d/缺失，并表明，尽管有许多相似之处，墨西哥裔美国人的品种表现出区域性和代际差异。
ABSTRACT This study examines the well-known process of consonant cluster reduction in the English of residents of a San Antonio, Texas, barrio. The study compares Tejano patterns of /-t, d/ deletion with the pan-English pattern summarized by Labov (1989). Results of VARBRUL analysis show that /-t, d/ deletion in Tejano English is constrained by many of the same factors as in other English dialects, including Los Angeles Chicano English. Results also suggest, however, a complex pattern of convergence and divergence. Younger Tejanos are converging toward other dialects of English with respect to the effect of the morphological class on cluster simplification. Yet there is some evidence that they are diverging from other dialects with respect to the effect of syllable stress. On this latter dimension, younger Tejanos replicate the pattern found by Santa Ana (1991) among Los Angeles Chicanos. Finally, the study compares /-t, d/ deletion in Tejano/Chicano English in San Antonio and Los Angeles and shows that, despite many similarities, Mexican American varieties exhibit regional as well as generational differences.