An Articulatory-Perceptual Account of Vocalization and Elision of Dark /l/ in the Romance Languages
An Articulatory-Perceptual Account of Vocalization and Elision of Dark /l/ in the Romance Languages
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罗曼语言中黑暗/l/的发声和消除的发音-感知解释
作者：
D. Recasens
本研究旨在了解在罗曼语中造成暗/l/发音和省略的因素。与文献中基于发音和感知的论点相反，它声称前辅音发声传达了舌背缩回手势产生的/w/样形成峰转换的音素分类（类似于其他过程，如/Vji/ > /Vjn/）。演化/VwlC/ > /VwC/可以用发音和知觉的观点来解释。在罗曼语中，齿音和牙槽音之前的发声频率要比唇音和舌音之前的发声频率高得多，这需要一种异化感知机制。通过这个过程，听者将dark /l/的重力属性分配给后面的重唇辅音或腭辅音，而不是分配给后面的急性牙辅音或肺泡辅音，尽管在三个辅音环境中肺泡侧音同样暗（即，重）。其他发音事实似乎在结音/l/（即在发声停止后出现闭合）和双音/l/（即其比非双音/l/暗）的发声中起作用。暗/l/的省略可能发生在辅音前，也可能发生在发音后。本研究阐明了声音变化过程的多重原因和发音-知觉本质。
This investigation seeks to understand the factors causing vocalization and elision of dark /l/ in the Romance languages. Contrary to articulatory-and perceptual-based arguments in the literature it is claimed that preconsonantal vocalization conveys the phonemic categorization of the /w/-like formant transitions generated by the tongue dorsum retraction gesture (in a similar fashion to other processes such as /Vji/ > /Vjn/). The evolution /VwlC/ > /VwC/ may be explained using articulatory and perceptual arguments. A dissimilatory perceptual mechanism is required in order to account for a much higher frequency of vocalizations before dentals and alveolars than before labials and velars in the Romance languages. Through this process listeners assign the gravity property of dark /l/ to a following grave labial or velar consonant but not so to a following acute dental or alveolar consonant in spite of the alveolar lateral being equally dark (i.e., grave) in the three consonantal environments. Other articulatory facts appear to play a role in the vocalization of final /l/ (i.e., the occurrence of closure after voicing has ceased) and of geminate /ll/ (i.e., its being darker than non-geminate /l/). The elision of dark /l/ may occur preconsonantally and word finally either after vocalization has applied or not. This study illustrates the multiple causal factors and the articulatory-perceptual nature of sound change processes.