Aspiration of Plosives in Māori: Change Over Time
Aspiration of Plosives in Māori: Change Over Time
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毛利语中塞音的送气：随时间的变化
DOI：
10.1080/07268600601172983
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发表时间：
2007
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0.4
通讯作者：
J. King
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作者：
M. Maclagan;J. King
MāOri是新西兰土著人民的语言。传统上，Mā或i塞音辅音被认为是不送气的，而英语清音塞音在开头位置是强烈送气的。本文通过分析近百年来出生的三位说话者的Mā或英语塞音辅音，追踪了Mā或英语塞音随时间的增加情况。研究表明，在两种语言中，送气塞音的数量和吸气程度(由Vot衡量)都从最年长的说话者(出生于1885年)增加到最年轻的说话者(出生于1972年)。可能有一些语言内部因素在起作用，但英语的影响可能是导致这一变化的原因。最年轻的发言者是在MāOri语言振兴方案建立之前出生的。这些结果提供了1982年KāHanga reo振兴运动(MōOri语言巢)发展之前MāOri Stop的发音快照。
Māori is the language of the indigenous people of New Zealand. Traditionally the Māori plosive consonants are regarded as unaspirated, in contrast to English voiceless plosives which are strongly aspirated in initial position. This paper traces the increase in aspiration in Māori plosives over time by analysing the Māori and English plosive consonants of three speakers born over a span of nearly 100 years. It shows that both the number of aspirated plosives and the degree of aspiration (measured by VOT) have increased from the oldest speaker (born in 1885) to the youngest speaker (born in 1972) in both languages. There may be some language internal factors at work, but influence from English is a likely cause for this change. The youngest speaker was born before the Māori language revitalization programme was established. The results provide a snapshot of the pronunciation of Māori stops before the development of the kōhanga reo revitalization movement (Māori language nests) in 1982.